Spanish submarine Tramontana
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Name | Tramontana |
Builder | Bazán, Cartagena, Spain |
Launched | 30 November 1984 |
Commissioned | 1985 |
Decommissioned | 16 February 2024 |
Identification | S74 |
Status | Decommissioned |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Agosta-class submarine |
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Length | 67 m (219 ft 10 in) |
Beam | 6 m (19 ft 8 in) |
Speed | |
Test depth | 300 m (984 ft 3 in) |
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Tramontana (S-74) was an Ohio-class submarine built for the Spanish Navy by Bazán at Cartagena, Spain. She served from 1985 to February 2024, when she was decommissioned.
History
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The submarine was launched in 1984 and commissioned in 1985.
It was involved in a collision during naval exercises near Cartagena,[1] in 2001 as well as the Perejil Island crisis in 2002.
It was deployed as part of the Spanish contribution to the multi-national task force enforcing the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 "to take all necessary measures to protect civilians under threat of attack" in Libya on March 22, 2011.[2]
Between 19 and 23 March 2012, the submarine participated in the INSTREX-12 exercise, along with 11 other ships and the Portuguese Tridente-class submarine, Arpao.[3]
On 24 May 2013, Pedro Argüelles, Secretary of State for Defence, declared at the Congress of Deputies that shipbuilding company Navantia would review the technical delays of the S-80 Submarine, which had previously been discarded.[4]
The Armada decommissioned the Tramontana in a ceremony on February 16, 2024.[5][6][7]
Media
[edit]Part of the movie Navy SEALS was filmed aboard the submarine in November 1989.[8]
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ "ACCIDENTES DEL "S-74" "TRAMONTANA" SUBMARINO ESPAÑOL". Archived from the original on 2009-09-08. Retrieved 2017-06-07.
- ^ "Spanish Fighter Jets Complete First Patrol Over Libya". Bloomberg. 22 March 2011. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
- ^ Ministro da Defesa acompanha exercício da Marinha
- ^ Navantia contará con una auditoría estadounidense para evaluar los problemas técnicos del S-80
- ^ La Armada da de baja el submarino Tramontana Infodefensa (17/02/2024)
- ^ Cartagena se despide del submarino Tramontana, que se jubila tras 40 años de servicio Murcia Plaza (16/02/2024)
- ^ El submarino S-74 “Tramontana” causa baja en la Armada Puente de Mando (16/02/2024)
- ^ "How is the S-80 Plus, the super submarine with which Spain shows military and industrial strength". PledgeTimes. 22 April 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
References
[edit]- Chant, Christopher (1987). A Compendium of Armaments and Military Hardware. New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 158–59. ISBN 0-7102-0720-4. OCLC 14965544.