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COLOMBIAN NAVY (COLOMBIA)

SUBMARINES

INTRÉPIDO midget submarines (1973-1974)

Names

SS20 Intrépido

SS21 Indomable

SS23 Roncador

SS24 Quitasueño

Builders

COSMOS, Livorno, Italy: SS20, 21, 23, 24

Commissioned

1973: SS20, 21

1974: SS23, 24

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1981: SS23, 24

2013: SS20, 21

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement normal, t

58 / 70

Length, m

23.0

Breadth, m

2.00

Draught, m

4.00

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 diesel-generator, 1 electric motor

Power, h. p.

300

Max speed, kts

8.5 / 7

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 1200(7) / 60(7)

Armament

6 Mk 21 mines (300kg warhead), 8 Mk 11 mines (50kg warhead), 2 submarine vehicles

Electronic equipment none

Complement

5 + 8 combat swimmers
Diving depth operational, m 150

Project history: Italian SX506 type. 8 fully equipped combat swimmers can use two submarine vehicles supported by a fixed system on lower part of the hull, one on each side. They were served by special drydock/tender Mayor Jaime Arias.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Intrépido 2000

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