O'Higgins

At the port of Valparaiso, Chile.

ARMADA DE CHILE / CHILEAN NAVY

SS ? 23

Ship?s Yard DCNS (Burdeos)
Class: Scorp?ne

Type: Submarine SSK

Authorized: 1997
Launched: 1st of November of 2003
Commissioned: 9 th of September of 2005
Status: Active

General charasteristics

Displacement 1525 t
Displacement in inmersion 1668 tn

LOA: 66,4 m B: 6,20 m Draught: 5,8 m

Sensors, long range pasive sonar, interception sonar active sonar

Armament 6 torpedo tubes
18 torpedos

4 Misiles Tomahawk or Exocet or 30 mines in lieu of all the aforementioned.

Propulsion: Mechanic: 4 Diesel engines
El?ctrica: 1 electric main engine
1 propeller
Power: diesel 3005 kW
Inmersion Power: electric 3.810 kW
Speed: 12 nudos
Inmersion speed: 21,5 nudos
Autonomy: 12.000 km at 8 knots
Complement: 31 persons