Spanish submarine Tramontana (S74)
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Tramontana (S74) |
| Builder: | Bazán, Cartagena, Spain |
| Launched: | 1984 |
| Commissioned: | 1985 |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2010 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Agosta-class submarine |
| Displacement: | 1,500 long tons (1,524 t) surfaced 1,760 long tons (1,788 t) submerged |
| Length: | 67 m (219 ft 10 in) |
| Beam: | 6 m (19 ft 8 in) |
| Speed: | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced 20.5 knots (38.0 km/h; 23.6 mph) submerged 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) submerged (snort) |
| Test depth: | 300 m (984 ft 3 in) |
| Complement: | 5 officers 36 men |
| Sensors and processing systems: | Thomson CSF DRUA 33 Radar Thomson Sintra DSUV 22 DUUA 2D Sonar DUUA 1D Sonar DUUX 2 Sonar DSUV 62A towed array |
| Armament: | • SM 39 Exocet • 4 × 550 mm bow torpedo tubes • ECAN L5 Mod 3 & ECAN Fl7 Mod 2 torpedoes |
Tramontana (S74) is an Agosta-class submarine built for the Spanish Navy by Bazán at Cartagena, Spain. The submarine was launched in 1984, commissioned in 1985, and is currently active with the Spanish Navy.
On March 22, 2011, it was deployed as part of Spanish contribution to the multi-national task force enforcing UN resolution 1973 "to take all necessary measures to protect civilians under threat of attack" in Libya.[1]
Notes
- ↑ "Spanish Fighter Jets Complete First Patrol Over Libya". Bloomberg. 22 March 2011. Archived from the original on 24 March 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
References
- Chant, Christopher (1987). A Compendium of Armaments and Military Hardware. New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 158–59. ISBN 0-7102-0720-4. OCLC 14965544.
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