Brazilian submarine Tapajó (S-33)
Appearance
![]() S Tapajó
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Name | Tapajó |
Namesake | Tapajó |
Builder | Arsenal de Marinha do Rio de Janeiro |
Laid down | August 1992 |
Launched | 5 June 1998 |
Sponsored by | Anna Maria Maciel |
Commissioned | 21 December 1999 |
Decommissioned | 11 August 2023[1] |
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Status | Decommissioned 2023 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Tupi-class submarine |
Displacement | |
Length | 61.2 m (200 ft 9 in) |
Beam | 6.25 m (20 ft 6 in) |
Draft | 5.5 m (18 ft 1 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed |
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Range |
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Endurance | 50 days[2] |
Test depth | 500 m (1,600 ft) |
Complement | 30 |
Armament |
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S Tapajó (S-33) was the fourth boat of the Tupi-class submarine of the Brazilian Navy.[3][4]
Construction and career
[edit]The boat was built at Arsenal de Marinha do Rio de Janeiro in Rio de Janeiro and was launched on 5 June 1998 and commissioned on 21 December 1999.[citation needed]
She was decommissioned in 11 August 2023, after 25 years of active service. [1]
Gallery
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Marinha aposenta submarino Tapajó, em operação desde 1998; veja fotos" (in Portuguese). 11 August 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- ^ "Type 209 Diesel-Electric Attack Submarine (1971)". Military Factory. 2016-04-14. Archived from the original on 2016-09-18. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
- ^ Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen; Budzbon, Przemysław (1995). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.
- ^ "NGB - Submarino Tapajó - S 33". Archived from the original on 2015-04-04. Retrieved 2021-08-10.