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The Walrus-class
submarine is the only submarine class currently in operation in the Royal
Netherlands Navy. They have been in service since 1990 and are all named after sea
mammals.
The Walrus-class submarines are unusual in
that instead of a cross-shaped assembly of stern diving planes and rudders,
they mount four combined rudders and diving planes in an "X"
configuration. This tail configuration was first tested in 1960 on the United
States Navy's USS Albacore, and has since been used by the Walrus
class, all Swedish Navy submarines since the Sjöormen class, the Royal
Australian Navy's Collins class, the German Type 212A and the Japan
Maritime Self-Defense Force's Sōryū class.
