NRP Tridente

NRP Tridente in the Lisbon Naval Base
History
Portugal
NameNRP Tridente
BuilderHDW
Laid down2005
Commissioned2010
StatusIn active service
General characteristics
Class & typeTridente-class submarine
Displacement
  • 1,700 tons (surfaced)
  • 2,020 tons (submerged)
Length67.7 m (222 ft 1 in)
Beam6.35 m (20 ft 10 in)
Draught6.6 m (21 ft 8 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 generators AIP Siemens Sinavy (BZM-120); 240 KW
  • 2 diesel engines MTU 16V396 TB-94; 6,24 MW
  • 1 electric engine Siemens Permasyn; 2.85 MW
  • 1 axis
Speed
  • 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) submerged
  • 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced
  • 6 kn (11 km/h; 6.9 mph) AIP system
Range12,000 nmi (22,000 km; 14,000 mi) at 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Endurance60 days
Test depthsuperior to 300 m (980 ft)
Capacity14 marines
Complement33
Sensors &
processing systems
Armament

NRP Tridente (S160) is a Tridente-class submarine of the Portuguese Navy.[1]

Daytona incident

In July 2016, Tridente became entangled in the fishing nets of the French trawler Daytona. Neither the submarine nor the trawler were damaged.[2]

References

  1. ^ Francisco Galope (8 September 2010). "FOTOS: Conheça o submarino Tridente". Visão (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Nato submarine caught in trawler nets off Cornwall". BBC News. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2017.


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