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SS-22 O' Brien

SS-22 O' Brien

Country: Chile Chile

Class, [Type]: Oberon, [SS].

Builder: Scott-Lithgow, Greenock, United Kingdom.

Launch date: 21 December 1972.

Commission date: 15 April 1976.

Decommission date: 2003.

Displacement ( tons ): 1.650 light, 2.070 surfaced at full load, 2.450 submerged.

Dimensions ( metres ): 89,92 x 8,07 x 5,48

Main machinery: 2 x Admiralty Standard Range 16 VVS-AS21 diesels ( 6.000 hp ), 2 x propellers.

Speed ( knots ): 15 surfaced, 17,5 submerged.

Range ( miles ): 9.000 at 12 knots surfaced, 11.000 at 8 knots snorkelling.

Complement: 68 ( 6 officers ).

Torpedoes: 6 x 533mm tubes ( AEG SUT 264 or UK Mk8 torpedoes ).

Radar: Navigation/Surface Search: 1 x Kelvin-Hughes Type 1006.

Sonar: STN Atlas Elektronik CSU-90 suite.

Comment: Currently a museum at Valdivia, Chile.