Brazilian submarine Tonelero (S21)
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Name | Tonelero |
Namesake | Battle of the Tonelero Pass |
Builder | Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, Barrow, England |
Laid down | 18 November 1971 |
Launched | 22 November 1972 |
Commissioned | 10 December 1977 |
Decommissioned | 21 June 2001 |
Refit | 1995 |
Fate | Scrapped in 2004 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Oberon-class submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 295 ft 3 in (89.99 m) |
Beam | 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m) |
Draught | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
Installed power | 2 × electric generators, 2560 kW |
Propulsion |
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Speed |
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Range | 9,000 nautical miles (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced |
Complement | 6 officers, 64 ratings |
Armament | 8 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (6 bow, 2 stern) |
Tonelero (S21) was an Oberon-class submarine in the Brazilian Navy.
Design and construction
[edit]The submarine, built by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering at their shipyard in Barrow, was laid down on 18 November 1971, and launched on 22 November 1972.[1] During construction, a fire seriously damaged the submarine.[1] The submarine was towed to Chatham Dockyard, where the 60-foot (18 m) central section was cut out and replaced.[1] The fire was found to have originated in the cabling, and prompted the recabling of all under-construction Oberons.[2] She was commissioned into the Brazilian Navy on 10 December 1977.[2]
Operational history
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Decommissioning and fate
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Tonelero was listed as active in the 1998-99 edition of Jane's Fighting Ships.[2]
On 26 December 2000 the Tonelero sank at her mooring in the Rio de Janeiro navy yards due to crew error. All 9 crew members aboard escaped from the submarine.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Moore, John, ed. (1977). Jane's Fighting Ships 1977-78. Jane's Fighting Ships (80th ed.). London: Jane's Yearbooks. p. 44. ISBN 0531032779. OCLC 18207174.
- ^ a b c Sharpe, Richard, ed. (1998). Jane's Fighting Ships 1998-99. Jane's Fighting Ships (101st ed.). Coulsdon, Surrey: Jane's Information Group. p. 58. ISBN 071061795X. OCLC 39372676.
- ^ "Brazil investigates sub sinking". news.bbc.co.uk. 26 December 2000. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
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