Tupi Class Submarine

Key Data:

Crew

Improved Tupi - 40
Tupi - 30 with 8 officers

Displacement (Surfaced)

Improved Tupi - 1,850t
Tupi - 1,260t

Displacement (Dived)

Improved Tupi - 2,425t
Tupi - 1,440t

Dimensions:

Length

Improved Tupi - 6.7m
Tupi - 61m

Width

Improved Tupi - 8m
Tupi - 6.2m

Height

5.5m

Performance:

Surface or Snorting Speed

Over 10kt

Submerged Speed

24kt

Range Surfaced

Improved Tupi - 11,000 miles
Tupi - 8,000 miles

Range Dived

400 miles

Weapon Systems:

Torpedo Tubes

8 x bow tubes, 533mm, swim-out discharge

Torpedoes

8 ready-to-launch plus 8 for reloading

IPqM Torpedoes

Range 18km, speed 45kt

Tigerfish Mod 1 or Mod 27 Torpedo

Range 14km to 40km, speed 25kt to 40kt

IPqM Mines

MCF-01/100 mines in lieu of torpedoes

Radar:

Weapon Control

KAFS-A 10

Radar Warning Receiver

DR-4000

Sensors:

Periscopes

2 x Kollmorgen Mod 76 periscopes

I-band Navigation Radar

Calypso III

Hull-Mounted Sonar

CSU-83/1

Engines:

Diesel Engines (Tupi)

4 x MTU 12V 493 AZ80 GAA31L

Alternators (Tupi)

4 x Siemens 1.8MW

Motor (Tupi)

Siemens 3.4MW motor

Diesel Engines (Improved Tupi)

4 x MTU 12V 396, providing 2.76MW

 

The Brazilian Navy submarine Tupi (S30)