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Brazil
Name	Humaita
Builder	Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, Barrow, England
Laid down	3 November 1970
Launched	5 October 1971
Commissioned	18 June 1973
Decommissioned	1996
General characteristics
Class and type	Oberon-class submarine
Displacement	Surface 2,030 tons, Submerged 2,410 tons
Length	295.2 ft (90.0 m)
Beam	26.5 ft (8.1 m)
Draught	18 ft (5.5 m)
Propulsion	2 × Admiralty Standard Range 16 WS - ASR diesels. 3,680 bhp 2 electric generators. 2560 kW. 2 electric motors. 6000 shp. 2 shafts.
Speed	Surface 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph), Submerged 17 kn (31 km/h; 20 mph).
Range	9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced.
Complement	6 officers, 64 ratings
Armament	8 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (6 bow.2 stern).

Brazilian submarine Humaitá (S20) was an Oberon-class submarine in the Brazilian Navy.

Design and construction

The submarine, built by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering at their shipyard in Barrow, was laid down on 3 November 1970, and launched on 5 October 1971. She was commissioned into the Brazilian Navy on 18 June 1973.

Operational history

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Decommissioning and fate

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Humaitá left naval service in 1996.

See also

• Ships of the Brazilian Navy

References

1. ^ 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.
2. Sharpe, Richard, ed. (1998). Jane's Fighting Ships 1998-99. Jane's Fighting Ships (101st ed.). Coulsdon, Surrey: Jane's Information Group. p. 57. ISBN 071061795X. OCLC 39372676.

External links

• The Submarine Heritage Centre - Brazilian "O" Class

• Oberon-class submarines of the Brazilian Navy
• Ships built in Barrow-in-Furness
• 1971 ships