Carrera 2010
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| Carrera | 22 | Navantia (IZAR), Cartagena, Spain | 18.11.2000 | 24.11.2004 | 20.7.2006 | in service (2019) | |
| O'Higgins | 23 | DCN, Cherbourg, France | 18.11.1999 | 23.10.2003 | 9.9.2005 | in service (2019) |
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Displacement standard, t |
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Displacement normal, t |
1550 / 1670 |
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Length, m |
66.4 |
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Breadth, m |
6.20 hull 8.00 over stern planes |
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Draught, m |
5.80 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
4 MTU 16V396 SE84 diesel-generators, 1 Jeumont-Schneider Magtronic electric motor |
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Power, h. p. |
3260 / 3800 |
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Max speed, kts |
12 / 20 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 6500(8) / 550(4) |
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Armament |
6 - 533 TT (bow, 18 (inc. SM39 Exocet SSM (6 SM39)) A-184 Black Shark, SUT266) |
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Electronic equipment |
type 1007 radar, SUBTICS sonar suite (TSM2233 Mk 2, TSM2253 sonars), AR-900 ECM suite, SUBTICS CCS |
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Complement |
31 |
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Diving depth operational, m |
300 |
Project history: French 'Scorpene' design. Ordered in 1997. DCN performed about 60% of the construction work, including manufacturing the pressure hulls and outfitting the bow and amidships sections: Navantia fitted out the stern sections, while each company conducted final outfitting on one unit. As built, these submarines do not employ an Air independent propulsion system. All machinery is "rafted" for sound isolation. Only nine personnel are on watch under normal conditions. The lower rudder is shorter to allow for "bottoming." The casing and sail are fabricated from GRP. Two of the torpedo tubes have pneumatic ram launching to allow for the launch of SM39 antiship missiles: the other four tubes are of the swim-out variety.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Carrera and O'Higgins were badly damaged, running ashore by tsunami off Talcahuano 27.2.2010.
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