Summary
Tonelero (S21) was an Oberon-class submarine in the Brazilian Navy.
 The brazilian submarine Tonelero in foreground
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| Name | Tonelero |
| Namesake | Battle of the Tonelero Pass |
| Builder | Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, Barrow, England |
| Laid down | 18 November 1971 |
| Launched | 22 November 1972 |
| Commissioned | 10 December 1977 |
| Decommissioned | 21 June 2001 |
| Refit | 1995 |
| Fate | Scrapped in 2004 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Oberon-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 295 ft 3 in (89.99 m) |
| Beam | 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m) |
| Draught | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
| Installed power | 2 × electric generators, 2560 kW |
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| Range | 9,000 nautical miles (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced |
| Complement | 6 officers, 64 ratings |
| Armament | 8 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (6 bow, 2 stern) |
Design and construction edit
The submarine, built by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering at their shipyard in Barrow, was laid down on 18 November 1971, and launched on 22 November 1972.[1] During construction, a fire seriously damaged the submarine.[1] The submarine was towed to Chatham Dockyard, where the 60-foot (18 m) central section was cut out and replaced.[1] The fire was found to have originated in the cabling, and prompted the recabling of all under-construction Oberons.[2] She was commissioned into the Brazilian Navy on 10 December 1977.[2]
Operational history edit
Decommissioning and fate edit
Tonelero was listed as active in the 1998-99 edition of Jane's Fighting Ships.[2]
On 26 December 2000 the Tonelero sank at her mooring in the Rio de Janeiro navy yards due to crew error. All 9 crew members aboard escaped from the submarine.[3]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c Moore, John, ed. (1977). Jane's Fighting Ships 1977-78. Jane's Fighting Ships (80th ed.). London: Jane's Yearbooks. p. 44. ISBN 0531032779. OCLC 18207174.
- ^ a b c Sharpe, Richard, ed. (1998). Jane's Fighting Ships 1998-99. Jane's Fighting Ships (101st ed.). Coulsdon, Surrey: Jane's Information Group. p. 58. ISBN 071061795X. OCLC 39372676.
- ^ "Brazil investigates sub sinking". news.bbc.co.uk. 26 December 2000. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
External links edit
- The Submarine Heritage Centre - Brazilian "O" Class