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{{short description|Submarine class}}
{{For|the U-Boat used in World War II|German submarine U-209}}
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| Ship image = File:Chilean submarine Simpson (SS-21) at Pearl Harbor on 21 June 2004 (040621-N-5539C-001).jpg
| Ship caption = [[Chilean Navy]]'s Type 209/1400 ''Simpson'' (SS-21) pulling into port at [[Pearl Harbor]], Hawaii in 2004.
}}
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{{Infobox ship image
| Ship image = File:S44 Egyptian submarine of German submarine class 209-1400mod at Kiel.jpg
| Ship caption = [[Egyptian Navy]] submarine of German submarine class 209-1400 mod at Kiel
}}
{{Infobox ship class overview
| Builders = * [[Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft]]
* [[Nordseewerke]]<ref name="janesfs0405"/>
* [[Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders]]
| Operators = ''See {{section link||Operators}}''
| Class before = [[Type 206 submarine|Type 206]]
| Class after = [[Type 214 submarine|Type 214]]
| Subclasses = * {{sclass|Jang Bogo|submarine|4}}
* {{sclass|Shishumar|submarine|4}}
* {{sclass|Heroine|submarine|4}}
* [[Dolphin-class submarine|''Dolphin I'' class]]
| Built range = 1968–present
| In commission range = 1971–present
| Total ships on order = 3
| Total ships building = 
| Total ships planned = 77
| Total ships completed = 68
| Total ships cancelled = 9 (1 Brazil, 2 India, 6 Iran)
| Total ships active = 58 (2 possibly laid up)
| Total ships laid up = 1 (+2 probable)
| Total ships lost = 1
| Total ships retired = 8
| Total ships preserved = 1 (planned)
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
| Hide header = 
| Header caption = 
| Ship type = ''See {{section link||Technical specifications}}''
| Ship displacement = 
| Ship length = * ''209/1500'': {{convert|64.4|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
* ''209/1200'': {{convert|55.9|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| Ship beam = 
| Ship draft = * ''209/1500'': {{convert|6.2|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
* ''209/1200'': {{convert|5.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| Ship propulsion = * Diesel-electric, 4 diesels, 1 shaft.
* ''209/1500'': {{convert|6100|shp|order=flip|abbr=on|lk=on}}
* ''209/1100–1400'': {{convert|5000|shp|order=flip|abbr=on|lk=on}}
| Ship speed = *{{convert|11.5|kn|abbr=in|lk=in}} surfaced
*{{convert|22.5|kn|abbr=on}} submerged
| Ship range = *{{convert|11000|nmi|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{convert|10|kn|km/h|0|order=flip|abbr=on}} surfaced
*{{convert|8000|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|10|kn|km/h|0|order=flip|abbr=on}} [[Submarine snorkel|snorkeling]]
*{{convert|400|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|4|kn|km/h|0|order=flip|abbr=on}} submerged
| Ship endurance = 50 days<ref name="factory">{{Cite web|url=http://www.militaryfactory.com/ships/detail.asp?ship_id=Type-209|title=Type 209 Diesel-Electric Attack Submarine (1971)|date=2016-04-14|website=Military Factory|access-date=2016-08-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918172154/http://www.militaryfactory.com/ships/detail.asp?ship_id=Type-209|archive-date=2016-09-18|url-status=live}}</ref>
| Ship test depth = {{convert|500|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| Ship complement = 36
| Ship sensors = 
| Ship EW = 
| Ship armament = *8 × {{cvt|21|in|mm|0}} [[torpedo tube]]s,
*14 [[torpedo]]es; optional [[Harpoon (missile)|UGM-84 Harpoon]] integration
| Ship notes = 
}}
|}

The '''Type 209''' ({{langx|de|U-Boot-Klasse 209}}) is a range of [[diesel-electric]] [[attack submarine]]s developed exclusively for export by [[Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft]] of [[Germany]]. Five class variants (Types 209/1100, 209/1200, 209/1300, 209/1400 and 209/1500), including modifications thereof, have been successfully exported to 15 countries, with 68 submarines being built and commissioned to five different variants between 1971 and 2021. More boats have been built to modified designs.

The original variant, the Type 209/1100, was designed in the late 1960s with Greece becoming its first adopter. Turkey is the largest adopter, having purchased 14 submarines consisting of eight Type 209/1400 and six Type 209/1200 submarines. A non-specific variant was adopted by Israel as its first [[Dolphin-class submarine|''Dolphin'' class]]. The Type 209 family is the most widely proliferated submarine in Latin America, having been adopted by seven countries.

== Development ==
In the early 1970s, many navies began to need replacements for [[World War II]]-era submarines, aging United States [[Greater Underwater Propulsion Power Program|GUPPY]] conversions, and British units transferred postwar.<ref name="type209global">{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/type-209.htm|title=Type 209|author=John Pike|access-date=19 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141201032840/http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/type-209.htm|archive-date=1 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> During this time, few western submarine designs were available for export as most were large, expensive, sophisticated and difficult to operate, and designed for the [[Cold War]]. Several designs originally built for specific nations were available including the French {{sclass|Daphné| submarine|5}}, British {{sclass|Oberon|submarine|5}}, and the Soviet {{sclass2|Foxtrot|submarine|0}} submarines.<ref name="world209">{{cite web|url=http://members.tripod.com/~fidelispark/flrev/report2.htm|title=THE WORLD OF TYPE 209 SUB|access-date=19 December 2014}}</ref> The design, designated by the [[Federal Ministry of Defence (Germany)|German Ministry of Defense]] as the "Type 209" provided a solution providing the combination of size, performance, relative ease of operation for small or inexperienced navies, reasonable price and economy of operation.<ref name="directorysub">{{cite book | last = Miller | first = David | title = The Illustrated Directory of Submarines | publisher = Zenith Press | year = 2002 | page = 480 | isbn = 0-7603-1345-8 }}</ref>

== Design ==

The submarine was designed by [[Ingenieurkontor Lübeck]] (IKL) headed by [[Ulrich Gabler]] and is largely based on previous German submarine designs (in particular the [[Type 206 submarine|Type 206]]) with increased equipment. The design is single hulled and allows the commanding officer to see the entire submarine from the bow to stern while standing at the periscope.<ref name="world209"/> Four 120-cell batteries are located forward and aft of the command center in the lower deck and make up about 25% of the boat's displacement.<ref name="type209global"/> Two main ballast tanks with forward and aft trim tanks allow the boat to dive.  They are powered by four MTU diesels and four AEG generators.<ref name="directorysub"/> The AEG electric motor is attached directly to a five- or seven-bladed propeller.{{cn|date=February 2024}}

== Armaments ==

Type 209 submarines are armed with eight [[Bow (ship)|bow]] {{cvt|533|mm|in|0}} [[torpedo tube]]s and 14 [[torpedo]]es. The Type 209/1200s used by [[Greece]] and [[South Korea]], and the Type 209/1400s used by [[Turkey]] are also armed with [[Harpoon (missile)|Sub-Harpoon missiles]].<ref name="janeswarshipguide">{{cite book |last=Watts |first=Anthony |title=Jane's Warship Recognition Guide |publisher=Harpercollins |year=2006 |page=384 |isbn=0-00-718327-5 }}</ref> Boats used by South Korea can be armed with 28 [[Naval mine|mines]] in place of torpedoes and Harpoon missiles; while the Indian boats can carry 24 mines externally.<ref name="navalinstitute2007">{{cite book |last=Wertheim |first=Eric |title=Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems (Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World) |publisher=US Naval Institute Press |year=2007 |page=1067 |isbn=978-1-59114-955-2 }}</ref>

The class can be armed with a variety of torpedo models depending upon the country. The majority of boats carry [[SUT torpedo|SUT - Surface and Underwater Target]] (Greece, India, Indonesia, South Africa, South Korea) or the [[SST torpedo|SST]] - Special Surface Target (Argentina, Peru, Turkey's 209/1200s, Venezuela) torpedoes. The boats can also carry the [[Mark 24 Tigerfish]] (Brazil, Turkey's ''Preveze'' class 209/1400), DM2A3 (Colombia), Blackshark (Chile), A184 mod. 3 (Ecuador),<ref name="navalinstitute2007"/> [[DM2A4]] (Turkey's ''Gür'' class 209/1400) and [[Mark 37 torpedo|Mark 37]] (Argentina).

[[Brazil]]'s boats will receive new integrated combat systems from [[Lockheed Martin]] to enable use of the [[Mark 48 torpedo]].<ref name="navaltechtupi"/> Successful tests of the new combat system occurred on ''Tapajó'' in December 2011.<ref name="lmcombat">{{cite web|url=http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/news/press-releases/2011/december/LockheedMartinSubmarineCo.html|title=Lockheed Martin Submarine Combat System Successfully Tested in Brazilian Navy Sea Trials|access-date=19 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219200010/http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/news/press-releases/2011/december/LockheedMartinSubmarineCo.html|archive-date=19 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Service ==

Countries operating the Type 209 include Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, Greece, India, Indonesia, Israel, Peru, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey and Venezuela. [[Iran]] had an order for six Type 209 submarines that was cancelled by [[Ruhollah Khomeini|Grand Ayatolla Khomeini]] in 1979, following the [[Iranian Revolution]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iran/navy-modernization.htm|title=Iran Navy Modernization|author=John Pike|access-date=19 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026152747/http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iran/navy-modernization.htm|archive-date=26 October 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> The first user was Greece's [[Hellenic Navy]] which commissioned four Type 209/1100s (''Glafkos'' class) between 1971 and 1972 and four Type 209/1200s (''Poseidon'' class) in 1979. Greece is replacing its aging ''Glavkos'' class with four [[Type 214 submarine]]s (''Papanikolis'' class), and Turkey will be replacing early ''Atılay''-class ships with six Type 214 submarines.<ref name="aviationweeknewships">{{Cite web|url=http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/jsp_includes/articlePrint.jsp?storyID=news/TURKEY090109.xml&headLine=Turkey%20Specifies%20a%20Range%20of%20New%20Ships|title=Turkey Specifies a Range of New Ships}}{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

As of early 2024, most of the Type 209 built are still in commission. Argentina's {{ship|ARA|San Luis|S-32|6}} was stricken in 1997 after an incomplete overhaul; Greece's ''Glavkos'' was decommissioned in 2011; Turkey's TCG ''Saldıray'' was decommissioned in 2014 and TCG ''Atılay'' decommissioned in 2016; Indonesia's {{Ship|KRI|Nanggala|402|6}} sank in 2021.{{cn|date=February 2024}}

The second user was Argentina which commissioned two Type 209/1200 submarines (''Salta'' class) in 1974. The [[Argentine Navy]] supplemented them with two {{sclass2|TR-1700|submarine|1}}s (''Santa Cruz'' class) commissioned between 1984 and 1985. During the [[Falklands War]] (1982), the ARA ''San Luis'' performed a war patrol.  While on their way to the area assigned the fire control computer went out of order. The vessel continued on to the combat area, and managed to fire at least 3 wire guided SST-4 mod0 torpedoes at the British fleet. The torpedoes suffered from various issues, with the guide wire cut a minute after launch and the torpedoes going off the assigned course. After the war testing revealed that the torpedoes' electric gyroscopes had reversed polarity, which resulted in a complete refit of the entire Argentinean torpedo stock, and a conversion of a portion of this stock from Mod0 to Mod1, performed by the firm which produced these weapons (AEG). Beside the torpedo issue, ''San Luis'' patrolled mostly undetected.<ref name="falklandswartorps">{{cite web|url=http://www.abendblatt.de/politik/ausland/article483581/Das-Zielfoto-das-einen-US-Admiral-wuetend-machte.html|title=Marine: Deutsches U 24 schlich sich bei Manöver unentdeckt an amerikanischen Flugzeugträger - Das Zielfoto, das einen US-Admiral wütend machte - Politik - Ausland - Hamburger Abendblatt|author=Günther Stiller|date=7 August 2007|work=Hamburger Abendblatt|access-date=19 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122151737/http://www.abendblatt.de/politik/ausland/article483581/Das-Zielfoto-das-einen-US-Admiral-wuetend-machte.html|archive-date=22 January 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite report |url=http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA133333 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622113848/http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA133333 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 22, 2015 |title=Lessons of the Falklands |publisher=DTIC |work=Department of the Navy |id=ADA133333 |date=February 1983 |access-date=2 June 2015}}</ref>

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| image1 = TCG Gür S 357 replika (2).JPG
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| caption1 = Rear view of a replica of the [[Turkish Naval Forces]]' Type 209/1400 ''TCG Gür'' (S-357)
| image2 = S-31 Sábalo.JPG
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| caption2 = [[Venezuelan Navy]]'s Type 209/1300's ''Sabalo'' (S-31).
| image3 = Peruvian submarine crew.jpg
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| caption3 = [[Peruvian Navy]]'s Type 209/1200 ''Angamos'' class in 2016.
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Colombia commissioned two Type 209/1200s (''Pijao'' class) in 1975.

Peru commissioned two Type 209/1100s (''Islay'' class) in 1975 and four Type 209/1200s (''Angamos'' class) between 1980 and 1983.

The largest operator of the Type 209 is the [[Turkish Navy]] which commissioned six Type 209/1200s (''Atılay'' class) between 1976 and 1989, four Type 209/1400s (''Preveze'' class) between 1994 and 1999, and four more Type 209/1400s (''Gür'' class) between 2003 and 2007. Turkey is also the largest operator of German-designed submarines in the world.

Venezuela commissioned two Type 209/1300s (''Sabalo'' class) between 1976 and 1977.<ref name="MSSabalo2018">{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=16 January 2018 |title=Sabaloklasse onderzeeboten (Venezuela) |url=https://marineschepen.nl/schepen/sabalo.html |website=Marineschepen.nl |language=Dutch}}</ref>

Ecuador commissioned two Type 209/1700s (''Shyri'' class) between 1977 and 1978.

Chile commissioned two Type 209/1400s (''Thomson'' class) in 1984.

Indonesia commissioned two Type 209/1300s (''Cakra'' class) in 1981 and three Type 209/1400s (''Nagapasa'' class) between 2017 and 2021.

Brazil commissioned three Type 209/1400s (''Tupi'' class) between 1989 and 1999 and a fourth in 2005. The latter was built to a modified design, and incorporates an AIP system. A planned fifth ship with the AIP system was cancelled.

Three Type 209/1400 submarines were delivered to South Africa in 2006, costing $285 million each.

India purchased four submarines to the modified Type 209/1500 design in the 1980s and 1990s (see {{sclass|Shishumar|submarine|4}}). An option for two more submarines of the same design was planned but not taken up. The last two ships of this class, built locally in India, {{Ship|INS|Shalki|S46|6}} and {{Ship|INS|Shankul|S47|6}} are also fitted with [[Harpoon (missile)|UGM-84L Harpoon Block II]] missiles during upgrades in the 2010s.

Egypt initially ordered two Type-209/1400mod submarines in 2011 and later ordered two more in 2014.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/173150/Egypt/Politics-/Egyptian-naval-commander-receives-Type-submarine-f.aspx |title= Egyptian naval commander receives Type-209 submarine from Germany |language= en |access-date= 2015-12-25 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151222085957/http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/173150/Egypt/Politics-/Egyptian-naval-commander-receives-Type-submarine-f.aspx |archive-date= 2015-12-22 |url-status= live }}</ref> The shipbuilder [[ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems|TKMS]] started building the first submarine ''S41'' (861) in March 2012, the vessel was launched in December 2015 after 57 months of construction work.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://gate.ahram.org.eg/News/1455726.aspx|title= Naval units lining up to celebrate the arrival of the first Type 209 submarine in Alexandria|language= ar|access-date= 2017-04-21|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170422125444/http://gate.ahram.org.eg/News/1455726.aspx|archive-date= 2017-04-22|url-status= live}}</ref> The Egyptian Navy received the ''S41'' in December 2016, the second submarine ''S42'' was launched during the same month.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.janes.com/article/66179/egypt-takes-delivery-of-first-type-209-submarine |title= Egypt takes delivery of first Type 209 submarine |access-date= 2016-12-13 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161213132841/http://www.janes.com/article/66179/egypt-takes-delivery-of-first-type-209-submarine |archive-date= 2016-12-13 |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= https://navaltoday.com/2016/12/12/egypt-receives-first-type-209-submarine-from-german-tkms/ |title= Egypt receives first Type 209 submarine from German TKMS |access-date= 2016-12-13 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161213123248/https://navaltoday.com/2016/12/12/egypt-receives-first-type-209-submarine-from-german-tkms/ |archive-date= 2016-12-13 |url-status= live }}</ref> In April 2017, The ''S41'' arrived at its home port in Alexandria and officially entered service, after a long journey from [[Kiel]]. Before reaching its naval base, the ''S41'' conducted its first naval exercise with other units from the Egyptian Navy, ensuring its readiness to join the fleet.<ref name="Egypt raises flag on first-ever German Type 209/1400 attack submarine - Politics  - Egypt - Ahram Online">{{cite news |url= http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/265232.aspx |title= Egypt raises flag on first-ever German Type 209/1400 attack submarine |access-date= 2017-04-21 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170422130645/http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/265232.aspx |archive-date= 2017-04-22 |url-status= live }}</ref> The Egyptian submarines have 8 x 21-inch (533&nbsp;mm) torpedo tubes and are able to carry and launch up to 14 missiles and torpedoes, in addition to deploying naval mines. They will be fitted with [[DM2A4|SeaHake mod 4]] torpedoes and [[Harpoon (missile)|UGM-84L Harpoon Block II]] missiles.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thb.info/rubriken/single-view/news/aegyptens-marine-taucht-in-kiel-ab.html |title=Ägyptens Marine taucht in Kiel ab |language=de }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dsca.mil/major-arms-sales/egypt-ugm-84l-harpoon-block-ii-encapsulated-missiles|title=Egypt - UGM-84L Harpoon Block II Encapsulated Missiles|date=13 May 2016|access-date=21 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427095506/http://www.dsca.mil/major-arms-sales/egypt-ugm-84l-harpoon-block-ii-encapsulated-missiles|archive-date=27 April 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Technical specifications ==
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:97%;"
|-
! !!1100 !!1200 !!1300 !!1400 !!1500
|-
!Displacement (submerged)
|1,207 t||1,285 t||1,390 t||1,586 t||1,810 t
|-
!Dimensions
| 54.1 × 6.2 × 5.9&thinsp;m || 55.9 × 6.3 × 5.5&thinsp;m || 59.5 × 6.2 × 5.5&thinsp;m 
| 61.2 × 6.25 × 5.5&thinsp;m || 64.4 × 6.5 × 6.2&thinsp;m
|-
!Pressure Hull Diameter
| colspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|6.8 m
|-
!rowspan=3|Propulsion
| colspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|Diesel-electric, 4 diesels, 1 shaft
|-
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|5,000 shp || style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|6100|shp|abbr=on}}
|- style="text-align:center;" 
| colspan="4"|4 x 120-cell batteries || style="text-align:center;"| 4 x 132-cell batteries
|-
!Speed (surface)
|colspan="4"|{{convert|11|kn|km/h|0}}||11.5 knots
|-
!Speed (submerged)
|colspan="3"|21.5 knots||22 knots||22.5 knots
|-
!Range (surface)
|colspan="5"|{{convert|11000|nmi|km|-4|abbr=on}} at {{convert|10|kn|km/h|-1}}
|-
!Range (snorkel)
|colspan="5"|{{convert|8000|nmi|km|-3|abbr=on}} at {{convert|10|kn|km/h|-1}}
|-
!Range (submerged)
|colspan="5"|{{convert|400|nmi|km|-2|abbr=on}} at {{convert|4|kn|km/h|0}}
|-
![[Endurance (submarine)|Endurance]]
|colspan="5"|50 days<ref name="factory"/><!-- what is the underwater endurance? days? hours?-->
|-
!Maximum depth
|colspan="5"|500 m
|-
!Armament
|colspan="5"|
8 x 533&nbsp;mm torpedo tubes
* 14 [[torpedo]]es
* Optional [[Harpoon (missile)|UGM-84 Harpoon]] integration
* Optional [[Naval mine|Mines]]
|-
!Crew
|31
|colspan="2"|33
|30
|36
|}

== Variations ==

Five variants of this submarine have been produced: Type 209/1100, Type 209/1200, Type 209/1300, Type 209/1400 and Type 209/1500. The ''U-209PN'' ordered by the [[Portuguese Navy]] is actually a [[Type 214 submarine|Type 214]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.areamilitar.net/DIRECTORIO/NAV.aspx?NN=28|title=Submarino de ataque (SSK) classe Tridente (tipo U-214)|access-date=19 December 2014|archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090525154402/http://www.areamilitar.net/DIRECTORIO/NAV.aspx?NN=28|archive-date=25 May 2009|url-status=usurped}}</ref> The first three {{sclass|Dolphin|submarine|1}}s built for the [[Israeli Navy]] are based on the Type 209 although heavily modified and enlarged.

Several modifications have occurred in the class resulting in these variants including the fitting of newer diesel engines.  New air conditioning and electronics features have been added to accommodate orders from South America. The displacement in some variants has increased by nearly 50% in order to install new equipment, modernize accommodations, and extend range.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thyssenkrupp-marinesystems.com/index_en.php?level=3&CatID=3.431.472&inhalt_id=424&detail=9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110424094905/http://www.thyssenkrupp-marinesystems.com/index_en.php?level=3&CatID=3.431.472&inhalt_id=424&detail=9|title=ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems - Class 209 / 1400mod|archive-date=April 24, 2011}}</ref>

The team of Ingenieurkontor Lübeck (IKL) and Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) proposed an enlarged Type 209 submarine, the Type 2000, for Australia's {{sclass|Collins|submarine|1}} program.<ref name="woolnerprocuring">{{cite book | last = Woolner | first = Derek | title = Procuring Jange: How Kockums was Selected for the Collins Class Submarine | publisher = Department of the Parliamentary Library | date = 18 September 2001 | location = Canberra  | page = 34 }}</ref> The proposed design was roughly 500 tons more than the Type 209/1500s for India and lost to the Type 471 from [[Kockums]], an enlarged {{sclass|Västergötland|submarine|1}}.

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| caption1 = [[Egyptian Navy]]'s Type 209/1400 ''S44'' at HDW's yard in Kiel, Germany in 2020.
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| caption2 = [[Argentine Navy]]'s Type 209/1200 ARA ''Salta'' (S-31) on the right with TR-1700 class ARA ''San Juan'' (S-42) and ARA ''Santa Cruz'' (S-41).
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The ''Sabalo'' class built for Venezuela was slightly lengthened during a modernization at HDW in the early 1990s. The increased length is due to the addition of a new sonar dome that is similar to the model found on the German Type 206.<ref name="janesfs0405">{{cite book |last=Saunders |first=Stephen |title=Jane's Fighting Ships 2004-2005 |publisher=Jane's Information Group |year=2004 |page=900 |isbn=0-7106-2623-1 }}</ref>

The ''Tupi'' class built by the Brazilian Navy is a modified Type 209/1400. The boat is {{cvt|0.85|m|ftin}} longer and fitted with higher power diesels, different electric motors, batteries, electronics and sensors.

The ''Thomson'' class built for the Chilean Navy has escape hatches fitted in the torpedo and engine room. An additional aft hatch is fitted in the sail with access to the machinery.<ref name="janesunderwater">{{cite book |last=Watts |first=Anthony |title=Jane's Underwater Warfare Systems, 2002-2003 |publisher=Jane's Information Group |date=March 2002 |page=629 |isbn=0-7106-2451-4 }}</ref>  The boats are fitted with higher masts to compensate for regional ocean wave conditions.

The ''Shishumar'' class built for and by India is unique for having an IKL-designed integrated escape sphere. The sphere has accommodations for the entire crew with an eight-hour air supply.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.military-today.com/navy/shishumar_class.htm|title=Shishumar Class - Patrol submarine|last=ARG|access-date=2009-01-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090127053113if_/http://military-today.com/navy/shishumar_class.htm|archive-date=2009-01-27|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

Between 2004 and 2006, the Indonesian Type 209/1300 ({{sclass|Cakra|submarine|0}}) submarine {{ship|KRI|Cakra|401|2}} underwent a refurbishment by [[Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering]] in [[South Korea]]. The refurbished submarine featured new batteries, overhauled engines, and modernized combat systems.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.janes.com/articles/Janes-Underwater-Warfare-Systems/Submarine-forces-Indonesia.html|title=Defense & Security Intelligence & Analysis: IHS Jane's - IHS|access-date=19 December 2014}}</ref> In 2009, Daewoo won another order to refurbish {{Ship|KRI|Nanggala|402|2}}, which was completed in early 2012.<ref name="Nanggalaupgrade"/> During the two refurbishments, the submarines' existing STN Atlas-Elektronik CSU 3-2 sonar suites were replaced with L-3 ELAC Nautik's LOPAS 8300 passive sonar system and Kongsberg MSI-90U MK2 CMS.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.seabeam.com/_uploads/images/pdf/L3_ELAC_Nautik_Newsletter_2009_2010.pdf |title=L3 ELAC Nautik Newsletter 2009/2010 |access-date=2011-10-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425092154/http://www.seabeam.com/_uploads/images/pdf/L3_ELAC_Nautik_Newsletter_2009_2010.pdf |archive-date=2012-04-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

It is also possible to upgrade these submarines with the latest [[Air-independent propulsion|air-independent propulsion (AIP)]] systems. The first ships to receive this upgrade were to be three ships of the Greek ''Poseidon'' class Type 209/1200 under the Neptune II upgrade program.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.defense-update.com/events/2006/summary/defendory-navy1.htm|title=Naval Highlights from Defendory 2006|access-date=19 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219195522/http://www.defense-update.com/events/2006/summary/defendory-navy1.htm|archive-date=2014-12-19|url-status=dead}}</ref> They were to be upgraded by cutting the boat in half aft of the control room and adding a {{cvt|6|m|ftin}} plug with a 120&nbsp;kW Siemens AIP system to the ship.<ref name="janesunderwater"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.areamilitar.net/DIRECTORIO/NAV.aspx?NN=91|title=Submarino de ataque (SSK) classe Poseidon / 209-1200 (tipo U-209)|access-date=19 December 2014|archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090930145439/http://www.areamilitar.net/DIRECTORIO/NAV.aspx?nn=91|archive-date=30 September 2009|url-status=usurped}}</ref> The program was canceled in 2009 due to cancellation of the Archimedes Project (Type 214), but not before Okeanos (S118) completed the upgrade.<ref name="greeceu214submarine">{{cite web|url=http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Greece-in-Default-on-U-214-Submarine-Order-05801/|title=The Odyssey: Greece's U-214 Submarine Order|date=8 October 2014|work=Defense Industry Daily|access-date=19 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219205839/http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Greece-in-Default-on-U-214-Submarine-Order-05801/|archive-date=19 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> After the Archimedes Project settlement was reached, it was decided that instead of upgrading the remaining two Type 209s, two additional Type 214 ships were to be ordered, but that deal was cancelled by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft.<ref name="contractshellenic">{{cite web|url=http://www.thyssenkrupp.com/en/presse/art_detail.html&eid=TKBase_1287474154120_599768826|title=Press release - Press releases - ThyssenKrupp AG|date=3 December 2014|access-date=19 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219205326/http://www.thyssenkrupp.com/en/presse/art_detail.html%26eid%3DTKBase_1287474154120_599768826|archive-date=19 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="contractadditional214">{{Cite web |url=http://www.mod.mil.gr/en/news-section/press-releases/4270-katagelia-sumvasis-upokataskeuis-me-ta-enae-apo-tin-hdw.html |title=Termination of subcontract with HSY by HDW |access-date=2011-06-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110825045834/http://www.mod.mil.gr/en/news-section/press-releases/4270-katagelia-sumvasis-upokataskeuis-me-ta-enae-apo-tin-hdw.html |archive-date=2011-08-25 |url-status=live }}</ref> Turkish Navy's AIP upgrade of ''Atılay'' class (209 Type 1200) was also shelved in favor of acquiring new Type 214 subs.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-xUDDAAAQBAJ&q=at%C4%B1lay+class+aip&pg=PT169|title=Seaforth World Naval Review 2016|first=Conrad|last=Waters|date=November 3, 2015|publisher=Seaforth Publishing|isbn=9781848323117|via=Google Books}}</ref>

===''Jang Bogo'' upgrades===
{{See also|Jang Bogo-class submarine}}

The South Korean ''Jang Bogo''-class submarines ([[Hangul]]: 장보고급 잠수함, [[Hanja]]: 張保皐級潛水艦) have reportedly been heavily upgraded in the 21st century,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.armyrecognition.com/news/navy-news/2024/upgraded-submarine-jung-woon-delivered-to-south-korean-navy|title=Upgraded submarine Jung Woon delivered to South Korean Navy.|access-date=2025-03-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816091129if_/https://armyrecognition.com/news/navy-news/2024/upgraded-submarine-jung-woon-delivered-to-south-korean-navy|archive-date=2024-08-16|url-status=live}}</ref> which if undertaken was supposed to include domestic hull stretch augmentation from 1,200 tons to 1,400 tons and installment of domestically developed Torpedo Acoustic Counter Measures (TACM).<ref name=janes>{{cite web|url=http://articles.janes.com/articles/Janes-Navy-International-99/SOUTH-KOREAN-SUBMARINE-ARRIVES-AT-PEARL-HARBOR.html|title=Defense & Security Intelligence & Analysis: IHS Jane's - IHS|access-date=19 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509202500/http://articles.janes.com/articles/Janes-Navy-International-99/SOUTH-KOREAN-SUBMARINE-ARRIVES-AT-PEARL-HARBOR.html|archive-date=9 May 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> Some upgrades could have been affected or altered due to Korean economic problems of the late 1990s, which modified other plans to acquire nine 1,500-ton AIP-equipped boats or upgrade six 1200 boats to 1,500-tons AIP-equipped boats,<ref name=janes/><ref name="nana">{{cite book | last = Kim | first = Duk-Ki | title = Naval Strategy in Northeast Asia: Geo-strategic Goals, Policies and Prospects | publisher = Routledge | year = 2000 | page = 30 | isbn = 0-7146-4966-X }}</ref><ref name="EastAsian">{{cite book | last = Meconis  | first = Charles |author2=Wallace  | title = East Asian Naval Weapons Acquisitions in the 1990s: Causes, Consequences, and Responses | publisher = Praeger  | year = 2000 | page = 229 | isbn = 0-275-96251-2}}</ref> although the more ambitious plan to acquire nine 1,800-ton Type 214 AIP submarines was preserved and put under progress, not unaided by the quick recovery of the South Korean economy in 1999,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indexmundi.com/south_korea/gdp_real_growth_rate.html|title=South Korea GDP - real growth rate|access-date=19 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219202008/http://www.indexmundi.com/south_korea/gdp_real_growth_rate.html|archive-date=19 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> which will reportedly be wrapped up in 2018 when all submarines of the type are scheduled to be commissioned. [[LIG Nex1]] began producing TACM for unspecified submarine types of the ROKN as well, which finished development in 2000.<ref name=lig>{{cite web|url=http://www.tradekorea.com/e-catalogue/nex1future/product-detail/P00052097/Underwater%20Weapon%20System.html|title=www.tradeKorea.com|access-date=19 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219214903/http://www.tradekorea.com/e-catalogue/nex1future/product-detail/P00052097/Underwater%20Weapon%20System.html|archive-date=19 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="lignex1">{{cite web|url=http://www.lignex1.com:8001/eng/business/business02_04_10.jsp |title=True Dream Partner - LIG Nex1 |access-date=19 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151012000838/http://www.lignex1.com:8001/eng/business/business02_04_10.jsp |archive-date=12 October 2015 }}</ref> Outfitting of the submarines with Sub-Harpoon launching capability was a part of the upgrade,<ref name=janes/> and seems to have been carried out on several submarines by 2008.<ref name="navalinstitute2007" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.starbulletin.com/2002/07/19/news/story10.html|title=Honolulu Star-Bulletin Hawaii News|access-date=19 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305065528/http://archives.starbulletin.com/2002/07/19/news/story10.html|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20120716113355/http://kookbang.dema.mil.kr/kdd/ColumnTypeView.jsp?writeDate=20080919&writeDateChk=20080807&menuCd=2001&menuSeq=1&kindSeq=3&menuCnt=30912 RIMPAC Exercise and Republic of Korea Navy]</ref> They can equip the [[Baek Sang Eo (White Shark) torpedo|White Shark]] heavy torpedo,<ref name=lig /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deagel.com/Torpedoes/White-Shark_a002651001.aspx|title=White Shark|website=www.deagel.com|access-date=2011-10-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130406054710/http://www.deagel.com/Torpedoes/White-Shark_a002651001.aspx|archive-date=2013-04-06|url-status=live}}</ref> and can possibly equip submarine-launched [[Hae Sung]] anti-ship missiles later on.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/rok/haesung.htm|title=ASM/SSM-700K Sea Star (Haesung / Haeseong / Haesong)|author=John Pike|access-date=19 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220140940/http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/rok/haesung.htm|archive-date=20 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.janes.com/articles/Janes-Strategic-Weapon-Systems/Hae-Seong-ASM-SSM-700K-Korea-South.html|title=Defense & Security Intelligence & Analysis: IHS Jane's - IHS|access-date=19 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509202738/http://articles.janes.com/articles/Janes-Strategic-Weapon-Systems/Hae-Seong-ASM-SSM-700K-Korea-South.html|archive-date=9 May 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> AIP and flank-array sonars are planned for future modernizations.<ref name=Jangbogoclass>{{cite web|url=http://navy.mil.kr/english/sub_guide/sub_data.jsp?menu=3&smenu=3|title=Introduction of Republic of KOREA Navy|access-date=19 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310161016/http://navy.mil.kr/english/sub_guide/sub_data.jsp?menu=3&smenu=3|archive-date=10 March 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

In December 2011, Daewoo won a contract to build Indonesia three 1,400-ton ''Jang Bogo'' class (the {{sclass|Nagapasa|submarine|0}}) submarines for $1.07 billion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/12/22/ri-orders-3-submarines-worth-1b-regional-catch.html|title=RI orders 3 submarines worth $1b in regional 'catch-up'|access-date=19 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110120736/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/12/22/ri-orders-3-submarines-worth-1b-regional-catch.html|archive-date=10 November 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Construction of the submarines will start in January 2012 for delivery by 2015 and 2016, for commissioning in the first half of 2018. They will be equipped with torpedoes and guided missiles.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130121133901/http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=8625583&c=ASI&s=SEA South Korea Exports Submarines to Indonesia]</ref> The submarines are described as being Korea's original model, bigger and more advanced than Indonesia's refurbished Type 209/1300.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2011/12/123_101248.html|title=Korea wins $1 bil. Indonesian deal|date=20 December 2011|access-date=27 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928012306/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2011/12/123_101248.html|archive-date=28 September 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Initially the offered submarines were going to be in-service ROKN submarines.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.janes.com/articles/Janes-Defence-Weekly-2008/Indonesia-South-Korea-consider-submarine-and-aircraft-exJange.html|title=Defense & Security Intelligence & Analysis: IHS Jane's - IHS|access-date=19 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509202544/http://articles.janes.com/articles/Janes-Defence-Weekly-2008/Indonesia-South-Korea-consider-submarine-and-aircraft-exJange.html|archive-date=9 May 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> The sale will be done without the involvement of German companies.<ref name="turkeygermany209">{{cite web|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=turkey-germany-seek-submarine-sale-of-1-bln-2011-08-26|title=ECONOMY - Turkey, Germany seek submarine sale of $1 bln|access-date=19 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111012213846/http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=turkey-germany-seek-submarine-sale-of-1-bln-2011-08-26|archive-date=12 October 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> South Korea is currently the only country outside Germany independently offering the Type 209 for sale. Indonesia was also offered two license built Type 209 submarines manufactured by a group of Turkish (SSM - Undersecretariat for Defense Industries) and German companies (HDW/ThyssenKrupp), a deal reported to be valued at $1 billion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=turkey-denies-losing-deal-for-indonesian-navy-submarines-2011-10-26|title=ECONOMY - Turkey denies losing deal for Indonesian Navy submarines|access-date=19 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111102105113/http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=turkey-denies-losing-deal-for-indonesian-navy-submarines-2011-10-26|archive-date=2 November 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> SSM was also offering the leases of Type 209 submarines until new submarines could be completed.<ref name="turkeygermany209" /> The offer has since been superseded by the DSME submarine contract. The three new submarines would be equipped with the Kongsberg MSI-90U MK2 combat systems, Indra's Pegaso RESM system and Aries-S LPI radar.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indracompany.com/en/noticia/indra-to-implement-its-technology-in-indonesias-type-209-submarines-for-more-than-10m |title=Indra to implement its technology in Indonesia's type 209 submarines for more than €10M |access-date=19 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219205210/http://www.indracompany.com/en/noticia/indra-to-implement-its-technology-in-indonesias-type-209-submarines-for-more-than-10m |archive-date=19 December 2014 }}</ref>

== Operators ==

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| align=left|{{navy|Argentina}} ||align=left|''Salta'' class|| ||1(1*)|| || || || align=left| [[ARA Salta (S-31)|ARA ''Salta'']] (S-31) underwent midlife upgrades from 1988 to 1995 and 2004 to 2005. As of 2021 used for dock side training only.<br>(*) [[ARA San Luis (S-32)|ARA ''San Luis'']] (S-32) stricken in 1997 after incomplete overhaul.
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| align=left|{{naval|Brazil}} ||align=left|''Tupi'' class|| || || || 1(1*) || || align=left|All Type 209's fitted with new combat systems capable of using the Mk.48 torpedo.<ref name="navaltechtupi">{{cite web|url=http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/ssk-tupi/|title=SSK Tupi Class - Naval Technology|access-date=19 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219203132/http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/ssk-tupi/|archive-date=19 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><br>(*) ''Tikuna'' (S-34) is a modified Type 209/1400.<br>Additional modified Type 209/1400 ''Tapuia'' (S-35) cancelled. As of 15 September 2023, [[Brazilian submarine Tupi (S-30)|''Tupi'' (S-30)]] and [[Brazilian submarine Tikuna|''Tikuna'' (S-34)]] remain in active service.
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| align=left|{{navy|Chile}} ||align=left|''Thomson'' class|| || || || 2 || || align=left| [[Simpson (SS-21)]]  <br> [[Thomson (SS-20)]] refit and upgrade was completed in early 2009, this works include integration of SUBTICS combat management system and BlackShark torpedoes.
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| align=left|{{naval|Colombia}} ||align=left|''Pijao'' class|| || 2 || || || || align=left| Both scheduled to be upgraded between 2009 and 2011 in the state-owned shipyard COTECMAR, with the assistance of HDW.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thyssenkrupp.com/en/presse/art_detail.html&eid=TKBase_1231766916625_1170157388|title=Press release - Press releases - ThyssenKrupp AG|date=3 December 2014|access-date=19 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219205024/http://www.thyssenkrupp.com/en/presse/art_detail.html%26eid%3DTKBase_1231766916625_1170157388|archive-date=19 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| align=left|{{navy|Ecuador}} ||align=left|''Shyri'' class|| || || 2 || || || align=left| ''Shyri'' (S101) is under modernization in ASMAR, Chile 2009–2012; was slightly damaged after the tsunami in Talcahuano.<br>''Huancavilca'' (S102) is under modernization in ASMAR, Chile November 15, 2011 with completion in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.armada.cl/submarino-ecuatoriano-recalo-en-asmar-talcahuano/prontus_armada/2011-11-16/164805.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107000235/http://www.armada.cl/submarino-ecuatoriano-recalo-en-asmar-talcahuano/prontus_armada/2011-11-16/164805.html|title=Ecuadorian submarine docked in Asmar Talcahuano|archive-date=January 7, 2012}}</ref>
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| align=left|{{naval|Egypt}} ||align=left|Type 209/1400mod || || || || 4 ||  || align=left|''S41'' (861) officially entered service in April 2017.<ref name="Egypt raises flag on first-ever German Type 209/1400 attack submarine - Politics  - Egypt - Ahram Online" /><br>''S42'' (864) was handed over to the Egyptian Navy in August 2017.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/274970/Egypt/Politics-/Egypt-receives-second-Type-submarine-from-Germany.aspx |title= Egypt receives second Type-209 submarine from Germany |access-date= 2017-08-08 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170808233634/http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/274970/Egypt/Politics-/Egypt-receives-second-Type-submarine-from-Germany.aspx |archive-date= 2017-08-08 |url-status= live }}</ref><br>''S43'' (867) was received by the Egyptian Navy in April 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/04/third-class-209-1400mod-submarine-officially-handed-over-to-egypt/|title=Third Class 209/1400mod submarine officially handed over to Egypt|last=Gain|first=Nathan|date=2020-04-09|website=Naval News|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://egyptindependent.com/egypts-naval-force-receives-new-german-submarine/|title=Egypt Independent|date=9 April 2020}}</ref><br>''S44'' (870) was received by the Egyptian Navy in July 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2021/07/fourth-class-209-1400mod-submarine-officially-handed-over-to-egypt/|title = Fourth Class 209/1400mod Submarine Officially Handed over to Egypt|date = 8 July 2021}}</ref>
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| align=left|{{navy|Greece}} ||align=left|''Glavkos'' class<br>''Poseidon'' class|| 2(2*) || 4 || || || || align=left| ''Glavkos'' class overhauled under the Neptune I program from 1993 to 2000.<br>''Poseidon''-class Neptune II upgrade program cancelled, but not before ''Okeanos'' (S118) completed the upgrade.<ref name="greeceu214submarine"/><br>(*) ''Glavkos'' (S-110) was decommissioned on 9 June 2011.<br>(*) ''Protefs'' (S-113) was decommissioned on 16 May 2022, and is planned to be preserved as a museum.<ref name="hellenicsubmarinersassociation.gr">{{cite web|url=https://hellenicsubmarinersassociation.gr/14305-2/?fbclid=IwAR3KYex4kHn0CydTWLWu-g0R5Wmm6vCFyncLas-8AgOCT27B-9A5ZMQhIF0|title=Decommissioning of Proteus submarine|access-date=20 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kathimerini.gr/society/562269511/parko-gia-tin-elliniki-naytosyni-ston-floisvo/?fbclid=IwAR1wMw_XjtxBQXDWIUfRmN_0gQRSo52HBVKw_gTHobw493EDloarHtwr2po|title=Park for Greek seamanship in Flisvos|date=9 February 2023|access-date=20 August 2023}}</ref>
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| align=left|{{navy|India}} ||align=left|[[Shishumar-class submarine|''Shishumar'' class]]|| || || || || 4 || align=left| Option for two additional Indian built boats not taken up after several reviews.<ref name="bharatshishumar">{{cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Submarines/Active/93-Shishumar-Class.html |title=Bharat-Rakshak.com :: NAVY - Shishumar Class |author=Webmaster I |access-date=19 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141004055233/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Submarines/Active/93-Shishumar-Class.html |archive-date= 4 October 2014 }}</ref><br>Equipped with integrated escape sphere for full crew.<br>Underwent midlife refits from 1999 to 2005, talks underway with HDW for additional upgrades.<ref name="HDWupgrades">{{cite web|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news698101.html|title=India in talks with Germany to upgrade HDW vessel capabilities|work=Zee News|date=6 April 2011|access-date=19 December 2014}}</ref>
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| align=left|{{naval|Indonesia}} ||align=left|{{sclass|Cakra|submarine|4}}<br>{{sclass|Nagapasa|submarine|4}}|| || || 1(1*) || 3 ||  ||  align=left| {{ship|KRI|Cakra|401|6}} was refitted by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, South Korea between 2004 and 2006.<br>{{ship|KRI|Nanggala|402|6}} refit contract was awarded to Daewoo in 2009 and completed in 2012.<ref name="Nanggalaupgrade">{{cite web|url=http://www.newswire.co.kr/newsRead.php?no=598586&ected=|title=대우조선해양, 인도네시아 잠수함 성능개량사업 완료|work=보도자료 배포, 온라인 보도자료 등록, 홍보 대행 - 뉴스와이어|access-date=19 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327103822/http://www.newswire.co.kr/newsRead.php?no=598586&ected=|archive-date=27 March 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><br>Indonesia has awarded DSME a contract for three 1,400 ton ''Jang Bogo''-class (locally known as ''Nagapasa''-class) submarines in December 2011. The [[KRI Alugoro (405)|third vessel]] was commissioned in April 2021.<br>(*) {{ship|KRI|Nanggala|402|6}} was sunk on 21 April 2021.
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| align=left|{{navy|South Korea}} ||align=left|[[Jang Bogo-class submarine|''Jang Bogo'' class]]|| || 9 || || || ||align=left| {{Crossreference|Further information in [[#Jang Bogo upgrades]] section}}
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| align=left|{{navy|Peru}} ||align=left|''Islay'' class<br>''Angamos'' class|| 2 || 4 || || || ||  align=left| Both 209/1100 (''Islay'' class) were locally upgraded in 2008.<br />Upgrade of the 209/1200 (''Angamos'' class) is in process.
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| align=left|{{navy|South Africa}} ||align=left|{{sclass2|Heroine|submarine|4}}|| || || || 3 || || align=left| Commissioned between 2006 and 2008 replacing ''Daphné''-class boats.
|-
| align=left|{{naval|Turkey}} ||align=left|''Atılay'' class<br>''Preveze'' class<br>''Gür'' class|| || 4(2*) ||  || 8 || || align=left| ''Atılay''-class mid-life refit with AIP propulsion cancelled. Early ''Atılay''-class ships will be replaced by Type 214 submarines starting in 2020.<ref name="aviationweeknewships"/><br>Modernization for ''Doğanay'' (S-351) and ''Dolunay'' (S-352) will include new periscopes, ESM, and Inertial Navigation Systems.<ref name="ayclassestm">{{Cite web|url=http://www.stm.com.tr/en/News.aspx?news=260|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006071357/http://www.stm.com.tr/en/News.aspx?news=260|title=Ay-Class Submarine To be Modernized By STM|archive-date=October 6, 2011}}</ref><br>(*) 2 ''Atılay'' class, ''Atılay'' (S-347) and ''Saldıray'' (S-348) was decommissioned in 2016 and 2014 respectively.<ref name="atilay">{{cite web|url=https://mavivatan.net/tcg-atilay-s-347/|title=TCG Atılay (S-347)|website=mavivatan.net|date=8 December 2019|access-date=5 May 2021|language=tr}}</ref><ref name="saldiray">{{cite web|url=https://www.savunmahaber.com/tcg-saldiray-s-348-denizaltisindan-veda-seyri/|title=TCG SALDIRAY (S-348) Denizaltısından Veda Seyri|website=savunmahaber.com|date=19 November 2014|access-date=5 May 2021|language=tr}}</ref>
|-
| align=left|{{navy|Venezuela}} ||align=left|''Sabalo'' class<ref name="MSSabalo2018" />|| || || 2 || || || align=left| ''Sabalo'' modernized in the state-owned shipyard DIANCA from 2004 to 2011, included new computer, engineering, mast, and snorkel systems. As of 2020, the operational status of the boats was unclear.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hisutton/2020/05/08/the-mystery-of-the-venezuelan-navys-submarines/?sh=31d68bb06a3b|title = The Mystery of the Venezuelan Navy's Submarines|website = [[Forbes]]}}</ref>
|}

{{clear}}

== Individual boats ==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Class name
! scope="col" | Type
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Pennant
! scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" | Commissioned
! scope="col" | Decommissioned
|-
| {{ARG}} || ''Salta'' class || 1200 || S-31 || [[ARA Salta (S-31)|''Salta'']] || 1974 || In reserve
|-
| {{ARG}} || ''Salta'' class || 1200 || S-32 || [[ARA San Luis (S-32)|''San Luis'']] || 1974 || 23 April 1997
|-
| {{BRA}} || ''Tupi'' class || 1400 || S30 || ''[[Brazilian submarine Tupi (S30)|Tupi]]'' || 1989 ||
|-
| {{BRA}} || ''Tupi'' class || 1400 || S31 || ''[[Brazilian submarine Tamoio (S31)|Tamoio]]'' || 1994 || 14 September 2023<ref name="tamoio">{{cite web|url=https://www.defesaaereanaval.com.br/naval/marinha-da-baixa-no-submarino-tamoio-s-31|publisher=Defesa Aérea & Naval|author=Guilherme Wiltgen|title=Marinha dá baixa no Submarino 'Tamoio' (S 31)|language=pt|date=14 September 2023|access-date=16 September 2023}}</ref>
|-
| {{BRA}} || ''Tupi'' class || 1400 || S32 || ''[[Brazilian submarine Timbira (S32)|Timbira]]'' || 1996 || 17 February 2023<ref>{{Cite web|title=La Marina de Brasil dio de baja al submarino "Timbira"|url=https://www.zona-militar.com/2023/02/23/la-marina-de-brasil-dio-de-baja-al-submarino-timbira/|website=Zona Militar}}</ref>
|-
| {{BRA}} || ''Tupi'' class || 1400 || S33 || ''[[Brazilian submarine Tapajó (S33)|Tapajó]]'' || 1999 || 11 August 2023<ref name=tapajo-decom>{{cite web|url=https://noticias.r7.com/brasilia/marinha-do-brasil-aposenta-submarino-tapajo-em-operacao-desde-1998-veja-fotos-11082023|title=Marinha aposenta submarino Tapajó, em operação desde 1998; veja fotos|language=pt|date=11 August 2023|access-date=11 August 2023}}</ref>
|-
| {{BRA}} || ''Tupi'' class || 1400mod || S34 || [[Brazilian submarine Tikuna (S34)|''Tikuna'']] || 2005 ||
|-
| {{CHL}} || ''Thomson'' class || 1400L || SS-20 || ''[[Thomson (SS-20)|Thomson]]'' || 1984 ||
|-
| {{CHL}} || ''Thomson'' class || 1400L || SS-21 || ''[[Simpson (SS-21)|Simpson]]'' || 1984 ||
|-
| {{COL}} || ''Pijao'' class || 1200 || S-28 || ''Pijao'' || 1975 ||
|-
| {{COL}} || ''Pijao'' class || 1200 || S-29 || ''Tayrona'' || 1975 ||
|-
| {{ECU}} || ''Shyri'' class || 1300 || S101 || ''Shyri'' || 1977 ||
|-
| {{ECU}} || ''Shyri'' class || 1300 || S102 || ''Huancavilca'' || 1978 ||
|-
| {{EGY}} || Type 209/1400mod || 1400mod || 861 || ''S41'' || 2017 ||
|-
| {{EGY}} || Type 209/1400mod || 1400mod || 864 || ''S42'' || 2017 ||
|-
| {{EGY}} || Type 209/1400mod || 1400mod || 867 || ''S43'' || 2020 ||
|-
| {{EGY}} || Type 209/1400mod || 1400mod || || ''S44'' ||2021   ||
|-
| {{GRC}} || ''Glavkos'' class || 1100 || S-110 || ''Glavkos'' || 1971 || 9 June 2011
|-
| {{GRC}} || ''Glavkos'' class || 1100 || S-111 || ''Nirefs'' || 1972 ||
|-
| {{GRC}} || ''Glavkos'' class || 1100 || S-112 || ''Triton''  || 1972 ||
|-
| {{GRC}} || ''Glavkos'' class || 1100 || S-113 || ''Proteus'' || 1972 || 16 May 2022;<ref name="hellenicsubmarinersassociation.gr"/> serving as a submarine museum, September 2022
|-
| {{GRC}} || ''Poseidon'' class || 1200 || S-116 || ''Poseidon'' || 1979 ||
|-
| {{GRC}} || ''Poseidon'' class || 1200 || S-117 || ''Amfitriti'' || 1979 ||
|-
| {{GRC}} || ''Poseidon'' class || 1200AIP || S-118 || ''Okeanos'' || 1979 || Tower of used at Memorial of Fallen Submarine Crew of World War II in Flisvos Park
|-
| {{GRC}} || ''Poseidon'' class || 1200 || S-119 || ''Pontos'' || 1979 ||
|-
| {{IND}} || {{sclass|Shishumar|submarine|4}} || 1500 || S44 || {{INS|Shishumar|S44|2}} || 1986 ||
|-
| {{IND}} || {{sclass|Shishumar|submarine|4}} || 1500 || S45 || {{INS|Shankush|S45|2}} || 1986 ||
|-
| {{IND}} || {{sclass|Shishumar|submarine|4}} || 1500 || S46 || {{INS|Shalki|S46|2}} || 1992 ||
|-
| {{IND}} || {{sclass|Shishumar|submarine|4}} || 1500 || S47 || {{INS|Shankul|S47|2}} || 1994 ||
|-
| {{IDN}} || {{sclass|Cakra|submarine|4}} || 1300 || 401 || {{ship|KRI|Cakra|401|2}} || 1981 ||
|-
| {{IDN}} || {{sclass|Cakra|submarine|4}} || 1300 || 402 || {{ship|KRI|Nanggala|402|2}} || 1981 ||On 21 April 2021, missing during a torpedo drill in the waters north of Bali. Wreckage found 24 April 2021.
|-
| {{IDN}} || {{sclass|Nagapasa|submarine|4}} || 1400 || 403 || {{ship|KRI|Nagapasa|403|2}} || 2017 ||
|-
| {{IDN}} || {{sclass|Nagapasa|submarine|4}} || 1400 || 404 || {{ship|KRI|Ardadedali|404|2}} || 2018 ||
|-
| {{IDN}} || {{sclass|Nagapasa|submarine|4}} || 1400 || 405 || {{ship|KRI|Alugoro|405|2}} || 2021 ||
|-
| {{PER}} || ''Angamos'' class || 1200 || SS-31 || {{BAP|Angamos|SS-31|2}} ex-''Casma''|| 1980 ||
|-
| {{PER}} || ''Angamos'' class || 1200 || SS-32 || {{BAP|Antofagasta|SS-32|2}} || 1980 ||
|-
| {{PER}} || ''Angamos'' class || 1200 || SS-33 || {{BAP|Pisagua|SS-33|2}} ex-''Blume''||  1982 ||
|-
| {{PER}} || ''Angamos'' class || 1200 || SS-34 || {{BAP|Chipana|SS-34|2}} ex-''Pisagua''||  1983 ||
|-
| {{PER}} || ''Islay'' class || 1100 || SS-35 || {{BAP|Islay|SS-35|2}} || 1975 ||
|-
| {{PER}} || ''Islay'' class || 1100 || SS-36 || {{BAP|Arica|SS-36|2}} || 1975 ||
|-
| {{ZAF}} || {{sclass2|Heroine|submarine|4}} || 1400mod || S101 || [[SAS Manthatisi|''Manthatisi'']] || 2005 ||
|-
| {{ZAF}} || {{sclass2|Heroine|submarine|4}} || 1400mod || S102 || [[SAS Charlotte Maxeke|''Charlotte Maxeke'']] || 2007 ||
|-
| {{ZAF}} || {{sclass2|Heroine|submarine|4}} || 1400mod || S103 || [[SAS Queen Modjadji|''Queen Modjadji'']] || 2008 ||
|-
| {{ROK}} || {{sclass|Jang Bogo|submarine|4}} || 1200 || SS-061 || {{ROKS|Jang Bogo|SS-061|2}} || 1993 ||
|-
| {{ROK}} || {{sclass|Jang Bogo|submarine|4}} || 1200 || SS-062 || {{ROKS|Lee Chun|SS-062|2}} || 1994 ||
|-
| {{ROK}} || {{sclass|Jang Bogo|submarine|4}} || 1200 || SS-063 || {{ROKS|Choe Museon|SS-063|2}} || 1996 ||
|-
| {{ROK}} || {{sclass|Jang Bogo|submarine|4}} || 1200 || SS-065 || {{ROKS|Park Wi|SS-065|2}} || 1996 ||
|-
| {{ROK}} || {{sclass|Jang Bogo|submarine|4}} || 1200 || SS-066 || {{ROKS|Lee Jongmoo|SS-066|2}} || 1996 ||
|-
| {{ROK}} || {{sclass|Jang Bogo|submarine|4}} || 1200 || SS-067 || {{ROKS|Jung Woon|SS-067|2}} || 1998 ||
|-
| {{ROK}} || {{sclass|Jang Bogo|submarine|4}} || 1200 || SS-068 || {{ROKS|Yi Sun-sin|SS-068|2}} || 2000 ||
|-
| {{ROK}} || {{sclass|Jang Bogo|submarine|4}} || 1200 || SS-069 || {{ROKS|Na Dae-yong|SS-069|2}} || 2000 || 	
|-
| {{ROK}} || {{sclass|Jang Bogo|submarine|4}} || 1200 || SS-071 || {{ROKS|Yi Eokgi|SS-071|2}} || 2001 ||
|-
| {{TUR}} || ''Atılay'' class || 1200 || S-347 || ''Atılay'' || 1976 || 30 November 2016<ref name="atilay"/>
|-
| {{TUR}} || ''Atılay'' class || 1200 || S-348 || ''Saldıray'' || 1977 || 14 November 2014<ref name="saldiray"/>
|-
| {{TUR}} || ''Atılay'' class || 1200 || S-349 || ''Batıray'' || 1978 ||
|-
| {{TUR}} || ''Atılay'' class || 1200 || S-350 || ''Yıldıray'' || 1981 ||
|-
| {{TUR}} || ''Atılay'' class || 1200 || S-351 || ''Doğanay'' || 1984 ||
|-
| {{TUR}} || ''Atılay'' class || 1200 || S-352 || ''Dolunay'' || 1989 ||
|-
| {{TUR}} || ''Preveze'' class || 1400.T1 || S-353 || ''Preveze'' || 1994 ||
|-
| {{TUR}} || ''Preveze'' class || 1400.T1 || S-354 || ''Sakarya'' ||	1995 ||
|-
| {{TUR}} || ''Preveze'' class || 1400.T1 || S-355 || ''18 Mart'' ||	1998 ||
|-
| {{TUR}} || ''Preveze'' class || 1400.T1 || S-356  || ''Anafartalar'' || 1999 ||
|-
| {{TUR}} || ''Gür'' class || 1400.T2 || S-357  || ''Gür'' || 2003 ||
|-
| {{TUR}} || ''Gür'' class || 1400.T2 || S-358 || ''Çanakkale'' ||  2005 ||
|-
| {{TUR}} || ''Gür'' class || 1400.T2 || S-359 || ''Burakreis'' || 2006 ||
|-
| {{TUR}} || ''Gür'' class || 1400.T2 || S-360 || ''Birinci İnönü'' || 2007 ||
|-
| {{VEN}} || ''Sabalo'' class || 1300 || S-31 || ''Sabalo'' || 1976<ref name="MSSabalo2018" /> ||
|-
| {{VEN}} || ''Sabalo'' class || 1300 || S-32 || ''Caribe'' || 1977<ref name="MSSabalo2018" /> ||
|}

== Gallery ==

<gallery>
US Navy 050624-N-1464F-025 The Turkish submarine Preveze surfaces following the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) submarine escape and rescue exercise Sorbet Royal 2005.jpg |TCG ''Preveze'' (S-353) of the Turkish Navy surfaces during Exercise Sorbet Royal 
File:ROKS Nadaeyong SS-069.jpg|[[Republic of Korea Navy]]'s ''Jang Bogo''-class Type 209/1200 submarine ''Nadaeyong'' surfacing during a [[SINKEX]] for Rim of the Pacific [[RIMPAC]] 2002
File:ChangBogoSSK061Typ209Uboat.jpg|[[Republic of Korea Navy]]'s  ''Jang Bogo''-class Type 209/1200 submarine ''Jang Bogo'' heads out to sea during exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2004.
File:S31ARASalta.jpg
File:SAS Charlotte Maxeke with HMS Portland MOD 45157758.jpg |South Africa's [[SAS Charlotte Maxeke (S102)|''Charlotte Maxeke'']] with Britain's HMS ''Portland'' in 2014
File:Submarino Shyri.jpg
File:US Navy 050624-N-1464F-013 The Turkish submarine Preveze surfaces following the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) submarine escape and rescue exercise Sorbet Royal 2005.jpg
File:TCG Gür S 357 replika.JPG
File:TCG Batiray(S349).jpeg
File:GRUMEC 5 (26308832973).jpg|[[GRUMEC]] operators deploying from the [[Brazilian Navy]]'s [[Brazilian submarine Tapajó (S-33)|Tapajó]].
File:Submarino Timbira (S32) (51998695307).jpg|[[Brazilian Navy]]'s Type 209 submarine ''Timbira''
</gallery>

== See also ==
* {{sclass|Tridente|submarine|1}}
* {{sclass|Dolphin|submarine|1}}
* [[List of submarine classes in service]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite book |editor-last=Darman |editor-first=Peter |date=2004 |title=Twenty-first Century Submarines and Warships |series=Military Handbooks|location=Rochester |publisher=Grange Books |isbn=1-84013-678-2}}
*{{cite book |editor-last1=Gardiner |editor-first1=Robert |editor-last2=Chumbley |editor-first2=Stephen |editor-last3=Budzbon |editor-first3=Przemysław  |date=1995 |title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995 |location=Annapolis |publisher=Naval Institute Press |isbn=1-55750-132-7}}
*{{cite book |last1=Miller |first1=David |last2=Jordan |first2=John |date=1987 |title=Modern Submarine Warfare |location=New York |publisher=Military Press |isbn=0-517-64647-1}}
*{{cite book |last=Miller |first=David |date=1989 |title=Modern Submarines |location=New York |publisher=Prentice Hall Press |series=Combat Arms |isbn=0-13-589102-7}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category-inline|Type 209 submarine}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110424094905/http://www.thyssenkrupp-marinesystems.com/index_en.php?level=3&CatID=3.431.472&inhalt_id=424&detail=9 ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems - Class 209/1400mod]
* [http://members.tripod.com/~fidelispark/flrev/report2.htm Active Diesel submarines - 2002]
* [http://www.ara.mil.ar/pag.asp?idItem=245 Argentine Navy website - Submarine Force - ARA ''Salta'' (S-31) specifications] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171121223655/http://www.ara.mil.ar/pag.asp?idItem=245 |date=2017-11-21 }}
* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/type-209.htm Global Security]
* [http://www.hazegray.org/worldnav/ Haze Gray & Underway: World Navies Today] - (Pre-2003 developments)
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAeS5jfW5cg Hellenic Navy's Submarine OCEANOS (S-118) 3d animation]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20141004055233/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Submarines/Active/93-Shishumar-Class.html Shishumar Class]
* [http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/images/SHIP_SSK_HDW_Sub_Evolution_lg.jpg The U209 Family Evolution] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070405230515/http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/images/SHIP_SSK_HDW_Sub_Evolution_lg.jpg |date=2007-04-05 }}
* [http://www.deagel.com/Conventional-Attack-Submarines/U209_a000711001.aspx U209 operators map]

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