Brazilian submarine Humaytá

For other ships of the same name, see Brazilian submarine Humaitá.
History
Brazil
Name: Humaytá
Laid down: 19 November 1925
Launched: 11 June 1927
Commissioned: 20 July 1929
Decommissioned: 25 November 1950
Fate: Scrapped
General characteristics [1]
Class & type: Modified Balilla-class submarine
Displacement:
  • 1,450 long tons (1,473 t) surfaced
  • 1,884 long tons (1,914 t) submerged
Length: 86.7 m (284 ft)
Beam: 7.77 m (25.5 ft)
Draught: 4.26 m (14.0 ft)
Propulsion:
  • 2 × Ansaldo diesel engines, 4,000 shp (2,983 kW) surfaced
  • Electric motors, 1,000 shp (746 kW) submerged
  • 2 shafts
Speed:
  • 18.5 knots (34.3 km/h; 21.3 mph) surfaced
  • 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) submerged
Range:
  • 12,840 nautical miles (23,780 km; 14,780 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced
  • 120 nmi (220 km; 140 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth: 100 m (330 ft)
Complement: 61
Armament:
  • 1 × 120 mm (4.7 in)/41 Ansaldo deck gun
  • 2 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in)/76 machine guns
  • 6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern)
  • 12 × torpedoes
  • 16 × mines

Humaytá was a modified Balilla-class submarine built in Italy for the Brazilian Navy. The submarine was laid down by Odero-Terni-Orlando at La Spezia on 19 November 1925, launched on 11 June 1927, and handed over to the Brazilian Navy on 11 June 1929. Proceeds from the sale of the Brazilian battleship Marshal Deodoro to the Mexican Navy provided funds for Humaytá's purchase. Humaytá was commissioned into the Brazilian Navy on 20 July 1929. She remained in Brazilian service through World War II and was decommissioned on 25 November 1950.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Gogin, Ivan (2011). "Humaytá submarine (1929)". navypedia.org. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  2. ↑ "Poder Naval - Marinha de Guerra, Tecnologia Militar Naval e Marinha Mercante". naval.com.br (in Portuguese). 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
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