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

NRP Tridente in the Lisbon Naval Base
History
Portugal
NameNRP Tridente
BuilderHDW
Laid down2005
Commissioned2010
StatusIn active service
General characteristics
Displacement
  • 1,700 tons (surfaced)
  • 2,020 tons (submerged)
Length67.7 m (222 ft)
Beam6.35 m (21 ft)
Draught6.6 m (22 ft)
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 knots (37 km/h) submerged
  • 10 knots (19 km/h) surfaced
  • 6 knots (11 km/h) AIP system
Range12,000 nautical miles (22,000 km) at 8 knots (15 km/h)
Endurance60 days
Test depthsuperior to 300 m (984 ft)
Capacity14 marines
Complement
  • 33 men:
  • 7 officers
  • 10 sergeants
  • 16 sailors
Sensors and
processing systems
Armament

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

  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.