Brazilian submarine Tonelero (S21)
 The brazilian submarine Tonelero in foreground
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| Name: | Tonelero |
| Builder: | Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, Barrow, England |
| Laid down: | 18 November 1971 |
| Launched: | 22 November 1972 |
| Commissioned: | 10 December 1977 |
| Refit: | Given a mid-life modernisation in 1995 by the company HDW/FERROSTAL[dubious ] |
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| Class & type: | Oberon-class submarine |
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| Length: | 295 ft 3 in (89.99 m) |
| Beam: | 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m) |
| Draught: | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
| Installed power: | 2 × electric generators, 2560 kW |
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| Range: | 9,000 nautical miles (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced |
| Complement: | 6 officers, 64 ratings |
| Armament: | 8 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (6 bow, 2 stern) |
Tonelero (S21) was an Oberon-class submarine in the Brazilian Navy.
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Design and construction
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The submarine, built by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering at their shipyard in Barrow, was laid down on 18 November 1971, and launched on 22 November 1972.[1] During construction, a fire seriously damaged the submarine.[1] The submarine was towed to Chatham Dockyard, where the 60-foot (18 m) central section was cut out and replaced.[1] The fire was found to have originated in the cabling, and prompted the recabling of all under-construction Oberons.[2] She was commissioned into the Brazilian Navy on 10 December 1977.[2]
Operational history
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Decommissioning and fate
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Tonelero was listed as active in the 1998-99 edition of Jane's Fighting Ships.[2]
