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SUBMARINES

SÁBALO submarines (1976-1977)

Sábalo 1980

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Sábalo S21, 1977- S31   Howaldtswerke, Kiel, West Germany 2.5.1973 1.7.1975 6.8.1976 in service (2019)
Carite S22, 1977- S32   Howaldtswerke, Kiel, West Germany 1.8.1973 16.11.1975 11.3.1977 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

1100

Displacement normal, t

1285 / 1600

Length, m

61.2

Breadth, m

6.20

Draught, m

5.50

No of shafts

1

Machinery

4 MTU 12V493 TB90 diesel-generators, 1 Siemens electric motor

Power, h. p.

2400 / 5000

Max speed, kts

10 / 22

Fuel, t

diesel oil 108

Endurance, nm(kts) 7800(8) / 400(4)

Armament

8 - 533 TT (bow, 14 Mk 37 mod.2, SST-4)

Electronic equipment

Calypso radar, CSU-3-32, DUUX-2 sonars, DR-2000 ECM suite, Mk 8 mod.24 CCS

Complement

33

Diving depth operational, m

250

Project history: West German type 209/1300. Two units were ordered in 1971 and a second pair in 1977, but second pair was never laid down.

Modernizations: 1992, Sábalo; 1994, Caribe: - Mk 8 mod.24 CCS; + ISUS CCS

2010, Sábalo; 2017, Carite: - Calypso radar, CSU-3-32 sonar,  ISUS CCS; + Scanter radar, CSU-3-32(KAE) sonar, SUBTICS CCS

Naval service: No significant events.

Caribe 1999

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