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SUBMARINES

PICUA submarine (1951/1973)

Picua 1975

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Picua (ex-Grenadier) S13, 1977- S22   Boston N Yd, Charlestown, USA 8.2.1944 15.12.1944 10.2.1951 // 15.5.1973 stricken 11.1990

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement normal, t

1870 / 2440

Length, m

93.6

Breadth, m

8.20

Draught, m

5.20

No of shafts

2

Machinery

4 Fairbanks-Morse 38D81/8  diesel-generators, 4 electric motors

Power, h. p.

4610 / 5400

Max speed, kts

18 / 16 (9 with snorkel)

Fuel, t

diesel oil 378 - 472

Endurance, nm(kts) 11000 (10) / 96 (2)

Armament

10 - 533 TT (24 torpedoes or 40 mines, 6 bow, 4 stern)

Electronic equipment

SS-2 radar, BQR-2, BQS-2, JT or SQR-3 sonars, APR-1 ECM suite

Complement

82

Diving depth operational, m

135

Project history: Former USN Tench class submarine completed as GUPPY II.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Picua 1984

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