NRP Tridente (S160)
 NRP Tridente in the Lisbon Naval Base
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| History | |
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| Name | NRP Tridente |
| Builder | HDW |
| Laid down | 2005 |
| Commissioned | 2010 |
| Status | In active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 67.7 m (222 ft) |
| Beam | 6.35 m (21 ft) |
| Draught | 6.6 m (22 ft) |
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| 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 |
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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.
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