Carrera
History Chile Name Carrera Namesake José Miguel Carrera Ordered 1997[ 1] Builder DCNS Cherbourg & Navantia , CartagenaLaunched November 2004[ 1] Commissioned July 2006[ 1] Homeport Talcahuano Status Active General characteristics Class and type Scorpène -classsubmarine Displacement
1,525 long tons (1,549 t ) surfaced
1,668 long tons (1,695 t) submerged
Length 66.4 m (217 ft 10 in) Beam 6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) Draft 5.8 m (19 ft 0 in) Installed power Diesel 3005 kW
Electric 3810 kW Propulsion Mechanical: 4 diesel engines
Electric: 1 main electric motor
1 propeller Speed
12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced
22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph) submerged
Range 12,000 km (7,500 mi) at 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) Complement 31 Sensors and
Long-range passive
Intercept
Active sonar
Armament 6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes for 18 Whitehead Alenia Sistemi Subacquei Black Shark heavyweight torpedoes and 4 SM-39 Exocet anti-ship missiles and 30 mines in place of torpedoes
Carrera (SS-22)Scorpène-class submarine built for the Chilean Navy by DCNS in Cherbourg and Navantia in Cartagena, Spain .
Carrera is the second of two units, behind O'Higgins (SS-23) built to replace the old Oberon-class submarines that served in the Chilean Navy for 30 years. It is currently serving in the Submarine Force with a base port in Talcahuano .
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