ARA Santa Cruz (S-41)
 TR-1700 submarine ARA Santa Cruz (S-41) in Ushuaia. | |
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| Class and type: | TR 1700 |
| Name: | ARA Santa Cruz |
| Builder: | Thyssen Nordseewerke, Emden, Germany |
| Completed: | 28 september 1982 |
| Commissioned: | 12 october 1984 |
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Argentine Navy |
| Status: | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Submarine |
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| Length: | 66 metres (216.53 feet) |
| Beam: | 7.3 metres (23.95 feet) |
| Draught: | 6.5 metres (21.32 feet) |
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| Range: | 12,000 nm at 8 knots surfaced (22,000 km at 15 km/h) |
| Endurance: | 30 days |
| Complement: | 26 |
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ARA Santa Cruz (S-41) is a member of the TR-1700 class of diesel-electric submarines in active service with the Argentine Navy. Santa Cruz was built by Thyssen Nordseewerke and completed on 18 October 1984. [1] [2]
2014 grounding incident
On June 15, 2014, the Santa Cruz ran aground in an accident near Buenos Aires.[3]
See also
- Dolphin class submarine
- Type 209 submarine
- Type 214 submarine
- Ula class submarine
- List of ships of the Argentine Navy
References
- ↑ Argentine submarines to Brazil and Chile, in Spanish
- ↑ Miller, David (2002). The Illustrated Directory of Submarines. Zenith Press. p. 480. ISBN 0-7603-1345-8.
- ↑ "Argentine Navy active duty diesel-electric attack submarine runs aground", Asian Defence News. (accessed 22 June 2014)
Further reading
- Amendolara Bourdette, Ignacio (2005). Guia de los buques de la Armada Argentina 2005-2006 (in Spanish and English). Buenos Aires, Argentina. ISBN 987-43-9400-5. Retrieved 2014-09-13.
External links
- Santa Cruz class Patrol submarine
- Submarino de ataque (SSK) classe Santa Cruz / TR-1700
- Classe TR-1700
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