Brazilian submarine Tupi (S30)

S Tupi
History
Brazil
Name	Tupi
Namesake	Tupi
Builder	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft
Laid down	8 March 1985
Launched	28 April 1987
Commissioned	6 May 1989
Identification	Pennant number: S-30
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and type	Tupi-class submarine
Displacement	1,170  t (1,150 long tons) surfaced 1,460 t (1,440 long tons) submerged
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	4 ×diesel-electric engines 1 × shaft, 4,500  kW (6,100  shp)
Speed	11  kn (20 kilometres per hour; 13 miles per hour) surfaced 22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph) submerged
Range	11,000  nmi (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) at 19 km/h (10 kn) surfaced 8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 19 km/h (10 kn) snorkeling 400 nmi (740 km; 460 mi) at 7 km/h (4 kn) submerged
Endurance	50 days [1]
Test depth	500 m (1,600 ft)
Complement	30
Armament	8 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes, 14 × torpedoes; optional UGM-84 Harpoon integration

Tupi(S30) is the lead boat of the Tupi-class submarine of the Brazilian Navy. ^{[2] [3]}

Construction and career

The boat was built at Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft in Germany and was launched on 28 April 1987 and commissioned on 6 May 1989.

Gallery

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  S Tupi during her sea trial in 1988
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  S Tupi on 11 December 2020

References

1. "Type 209 Diesel-Electric Attack Submarine (1971)". Military Factory. 2016-04-14. Archived from the original on 2016-09-18. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
2. 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.
3. ""S Tupi - S 30 Classe Tupi/IKL 209."". www.webcitation.org. Archived from the original on 2015-03-10. Retrieved 2021-08-10.

External links

Media related to S30 Tupi (submarine, 1989) at Wikimedia Commons