Albacora Daphne class Submarine SSK Portuguese Navy

Portuguese Navy / Marinha Portuguesa
Albacora class Submarine

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Units:

Name	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	STATUS
S 163 NRP Albacora	1965	1966	October 1967	stricken 2000
S 164 NRP Barracuda	1965	1967	May 1968	stricken 2010
S 165 NRP Cachalote	1966	1968	January 1969	to Pakistan in 1975 > S 134 PNS Ghazi
S 166 NRP Delfim	1967	1968	October 1969	stricken 2005

Specifications:

Builder: Ateliers Dubigeon-Normandie, Nantes, France

Displacement: 860 tons (surfaced) / 1043 tons (submerged)
Length: 57.8 meters (189.6 feet)
Beam: 6.8 meters (22.3 ft)
Draft: 5.2 meters (17.1 ft)
Speed: 16 knots (30 km/h), submerged / 13.5 knots (25 km/h), surfaced
Range: 2700 NM (5000 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h), surfaced
Complement: 54

Propulsion:
DIESEL ELECTRIC
2 x SEMT Pielstick 12 PA4 185 diesel generators (2450 hp)
2 x AREVA electric motors
2 shafts / 2 propellers

Armament:
12 x 550 mm (21.65") torpedo tubes (8 bow, 4 stern)

Systems:

The Albacora class was a diesel-electric attack submarine (SSK) developed for the Portuguese Navy based on the French Daphné class.

In 1964, the Portuguese government ordered the construction of four of this class at the Dubigeòn-Normándie Shipyard to create the 4th Submarine Flotilla.

With the first submarine commissioned on 1 October 1967, the Portuguese Navy started to have a submarine able to operate in both coastal and oceanic zones, especially in the Portuguese exclusive economic zone.

The last Albacora-class submarine in service, NRP Barracuda, made its final mission in 2010. The class was replaced by two Tridente class / Type 209PN submarines.

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S 163 NRP Albacora

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S 164 NRP Barracuda

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S 164 NRP Barracuda

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S 164 NRP Barracuda

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S 164 NRP Barracuda

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S 164 NRP Barracuda

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S 165 NRP Cachalote

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S 166 NRP Delfim

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