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Caribe 1999

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Sábalo	S21, 1977- S31		Howaldtswerke, Kiel, West Germany	2.5.1973	1.7.1975	6.8.1976	in service (2019)
Carite	S22, 1977- S32		Howaldtswerke, Kiel, West Germany	1.8.1973	16.11.1975	11.3.1977	in service (2019)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1100
Displacement normal, t	1285 / 1600
Length, m	61.2
Breadth, m	6.20
Draught, m	5.50
No of shafts	1
Machinery	4 MTU 12V493 TB90 diesel-generators, 1 Siemens electric motor
Power, h. p.	2400 / 5000
Max speed, kts	10 / 22
Fuel, t	diesel oil 108
Endurance, nm(kts)	7800(8) / 400(4)
Armament	8 - 533 TT (bow, 14 Mk 37 mod.2, SST-4)
Electronic equipment	Calypso radar, CSU-3-32, DUUX-2 sonars, DR-2000 ECM suite, Mk 8 mod.24 CCS
Complement	33
Diving depth operational, m	250

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Project history

West German type 209/1300. Two units were ordered in 1971 and a second pair in 1977, but second pair was never laid down.

Modernizations

1992, Sábalo; 1994, Caribe: - Mk 8 mod.24 CCS; + ISUS CCS

2010, Sábalo; 2017, Carite: - Calypso radar, CSU-3-32 sonar, ISUS CCS; + Scanter radar, CSU-3-32(KAE) sonar, SUBTICS CCS

Naval service

No significant events.