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TIKUNA submarine (2005)

similar Tupi 2000

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Tikuna S34   Arsenal de Marinha do Rio de Janeiro 12.6.1996 9.3.2005 16.12.2005 in service (2019)
Tapuia S35   Arsenal de Marinha do Rio de Janeiro 1997 --- --- cancelled 2004

 

Displacement standard, t

1250

Displacement normal, t

1550 / 1690

Length, m

59.5 pp 62.0 oa

Breadth, m

7.05

Draught, m

5.50

No of shafts

1

Machinery

4 MTU 12V493 TY60 diesel-generators, 1 Siemens electric motor

Power, h. p.

2400 / 5000

Max speed, kts

11 / 25

Fuel, t

diesel oil 116

Endurance, nm(kts) 8200(8) (snorkel) / 400(4)

Armament

8 - 533 TT (bow, 16 Mk 48 Mod.6)

Electronic equipment

Scanter radar, CSU-83/1 (DSQS-21) sonar suite, FAS-3, PRS-3/15 sonars, Argus AR-900 ECM suite, ISUS-83/13 CCS

Complement

41

Diving depth operational, m

300

 

Project history: Slightly larger Type 209/1400, Type 209/1450 with improved construction.

Modernizations: 2011: - ISUS-83/13 CCS; + BYG-501 mod.1 CCS

Naval service: No significant events.

Tikuna 2006

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