Spanish submarine Tramontana

Tramontana is an Agosta-class submarine built for the Spanish Navy by Bazán at Cartagena, Spain. The submarine was launched in 1984, commissioned in 1985, and is currently active with the Spanish Navy.

History
Spain
Name: Tramontana
Builder: Bazán, Cartagena, Spain
Launched: 1984
Commissioned: 1985
Identification: S74
Status: in active service, as of 2017
General characteristics
Class and type: Agosta-class submarine
Displacement:
  • 1,500 long tons (1,524 t) surfaced
  • 1,760 long tons (1,788 t) submerged
Length: 67 m (219 ft 10 in)
Beam: 6 m (19 ft 8 in)
Speed:
  • 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced
  • 20.5 knots (38.0 km/h; 23.6 mph) submerged
  • 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) submerged (snort)
Test depth: 300 m (984 ft 3 in)
Complement:
  • 5 officers
  • 36 men
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Thomson CSF DRUA 33 Radar
  • Thomson Sintra DSUV 22
  • DUUA 2D Sonar
  • DUUA 1D Sonar
  • DUUX 2 Sonar
  • DSUV 62A towed array
Armament:
  • SM 39 Exocet
  • 4 × 550 millimetres (22 in) bow torpedo tubes
  • ECAN L5 Mod 3 & ECAN Fl7 Mod 2 torpedoes

History

On 2001, during practice exercises in Cartagena's waters, the ship suffered a collision.[1]

On 2002, the submarine participated in the Perejil Island crisis.

On 22 March 2011, it was deployed as part of Spanish contribution to the multi-national task force enforcing UN resolution 1973 "to take all necessary measures to protect civilians under threat of attack" in Libya.[2]

Between March 19 and 23, 2012, the submarine participated in the INSTREX-12 exercise, along with another 11 ships and a Portuguese Tridente-class submarine, Arpao.[3]

On May 24, 2013, Pedro Argüelles, Secretary of State for Defense, declared at the congress of Deputies that due to the delays of the S-80, were going to take place the works of careen of the Tramontana, which at the beginning, were discarded.[4]

Media

The movie Navy SEALs was filmed in this submarine on November 1989, directed by Lewis Teague and starring Charlie Sheen, Michael Biehn, Joanne Whalley, Rick Rossovich and Cyril O'Reilly. Another Spanish Navy ship called Teide (A-11) also participated in the film.

Notes
  1. ACCIDENTES DEL "S-74" "TRAMONTANA" SUBMARINO ESPAÑOL
  2. "Spanish Fighter Jets Complete First Patrol Over Libya". Bloomberg. 22 March 2011. Archived from the original on 24 March 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
  3. Ministro da Defesa acompanha exercício da Marinha
  4. Navantia contará con una auditoría estadounidense para evaluar los problemas técnicos del S-80

References
  • 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.


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