Riachuelo-class submarine

Riachuelo-class submarine 0

Basic information

Type:
Operators:
Country of build:
Planned:
4
Completed:
2

Ship measurements

Displacement:
1,870 t
Submerged displacement:
2,200 t
Length:
75 m
Beam:
6.2 m
Draft:
5.5 m

Machine

Propulsion:
  • 4 * MTU 12V 396 SE84 diesels
  • 1 * Jeumont-Schneider EPM Magtronic electric 3,909 hp (2,915 kW)
  • 1 * shaft
Speed:
13 knots
Submerged speed:
21 knots
Test depth:
400 m
Range:
6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Submerged range:
550 nmi (1,020 km; 630 mi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph)

Personnel

Complement:
32

Combat assets

Electronics:
  • DCNS Submarine Tactical Information and Command System
  • Thales DR 3000 ESM receiver
  • ITT AR 900
  • TSM 2233 Eledone
  • Safare & S-Cube
  • DCNS Contralto-V
Armament:
  • 6 * 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes:
  • 18 * F21 heavy torpedoes or
  • 18 * SM-39 Exocet & MANSUP anti-ship missiles or
  • 30 * naval mines

In 2009, Brazil purchased four enlarged Scorpènes for US$ 10 billion with a technology transfer agreement and a second agreement to develop a French/Brazilian nuclear-powered submarine. The Brazilian submarine class was given the designation Riachuelo class. The hull of the first S-BR (S40) was laid down at Cherbourg on 27 May 2010 and is to be jumboized at the Brazilian Navy Shipyard in Sepetiba in late 2012. The latter three submarines will be built there entirely, and are planned to be commissioned in 2020, 2021, and 2022.

The first submarine Riachuelo was launched on 14 December 2018, and began sea trials in September 2019. All the submarines are built by the Brazilian defence company Itaguaí Construções Navais.

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