Humaitá 1930
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Humaitá | OTO, Livorno, Italy | 11/1925 | 11.6.1927 | 7/1929 | stricken 11.1950 |
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Displacement standard, t |
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Displacement normal, t |
1450 / 1884 |
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Length, m |
86.7 |
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Breadth, m |
7.77 |
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Draught, m |
4.26 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 Ansaldo diesels / 2 Savigliano electric motors |
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Power, h. p. |
4000 / 1000 |
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Max speed, kts |
18.5 / 10 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 12840(10)/ 120(4) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 120/41 Ansaldo, 2 x 1 - 13.2/76, 6 - 533 TT (4 bow, 2 stern, 12), 16 mines |
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Complement |
61 |
| Diving depth operational, m | 100 |
Project history: Submarine cruiser, ordered in 1925 on the means obtained from sale of battleship Deodoro to Mexico. Improved variant of Italian Balilla class. Twin-hulled. For endurance increase two 425hp Fiat auxiliary diesels-generators were installed for battery recharging. Submarine was arranged by folding bow diving planes. Besides torpedoes, Humaitá carried 16 Ansaldo mines, placing in two horizontal tubes at aft end. 120mm/41 gun originally took place in rotating turret in front of a fin, but soon after commission was rearranged to deck. Building of Humaitá has been ended in the late 1927, but submarine was remained on the shipyard on one and a half year because of a protraction of ultimate payment by Brazilian party.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
Humaitá 1929
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