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COLOMBIAN NAVY (COLOMBIA)

SUBMARINES

PIJAO submarines (1975)

Pijao 1980

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Pijao SS28   Howaldtswerke, Kiel, West Germany 1.4.1972 10.4.1974 18.4.1975 in service (2019)
Tayrona SS29   Howaldtswerke, Kiel, West Germany 1.5.1972 16.7.1974 16.7.1975 in service (2019)

  

Displacement standard, t

1000

Displacement full, t

1185 / 1300

Length, m

56.1

Breadth, m

6.20

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 / 21

Fuel, t

diesel oil 100

Endurance, nm(kts) 8000(8) (snorkel) / 400(4)

Armament

8 - 533 TT (bow, 14 DM-2A3)

Electronic equipment

Calypso II radar, CSU2-2 sonar suite, PRS3-4 sonar, DR-2000U ECM suite, M8 Mod.24 CCS

Complement

31

Diving depth operational, m 250

Project history: German type 209/1200, modified and enhanced type 209/1100 with less cramped spaces for armament, equipment and crew.

Modernizations: 1991, both: - CSU2-2 sonar suite; + CSU3-2 sonar suite

2002, both: - CSU3-2 sonar suite; + PSU83-55 sonar suite

2013, both: - DR-2000U ECM suite, M8 Mod.24 CCS; + UME-100 ECM suite, ISUS-80 CCS

Naval service: No significant events.

Pijao 2008

© Ivan Gogin, 2019