NRP Tridente (S160)
Appearance
NRP Tridente in the Lisbon Naval Base
| |
History | |
---|---|
Portugal | |
Name | NRP Tridente |
Builder | HDW |
Laid down | 2005 |
Commissioned | 2010 |
Status | In active service |
General characteristics | |
Displacement |
|
Length | 67.7 m (222 ft) |
Beam | 6.35 m (21 ft) |
Draught | 6.6 m (22 ft) |
Propulsion | |
Speed | |
Range | 12,000 nautical miles (22,000 km) at 8 knots (15 km/h) |
Endurance | 60 days |
Test depth | superior to 300 m (984 ft) |
Capacity | 14 marines |
Complement |
|
Sensors and processing systems |
|
Armament |
|
NRP Tridente (S160) is a Tridente class submarine of the Portuguese Navy.[1]
Daytona incident
[edit]In July 2016, Tridente accidentally became entangled in the fishing nets of the French trawler Daytona. Neither the submarine nor the trawler were damaged.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Francisco Galope (8 September 2010). "FOTOS: Conheça o submarino Tridente". Visão (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 July 2012.
- ^ "Nato submarine caught in trawler nets off Cornwall". BBC News. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2017.