Brazilian submarine Timbira
Tupi-class submarines
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Timbira (S32) was the third Tupi-class submarine of the Brazilian Navy.[3][4]
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| History | |
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| Name | Timbira |
| Namesake | Timbira |
| Builder | Arsenal de Marinha do Rio de Janeiro |
| Laid down | 15 September 1987 |
| Launched | 5 January 1996 |
| Commissioned | 16 December 1996 |
| Decommissioned | 17 February 2023 |
| Identification | Pennant number: S-32 |
| Status | Sunk as target[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Tupi-class submarine |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 61.2 m (200 ft 9 in) |
| Beam | 6.25 m (20 ft 6 in) |
| Draft | 5.5 m (18 ft 1 in) |
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| Endurance | 50 days[2] |
| Test depth | 500 m (1,600 ft) |
| Complement | 30 |
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Construction and career
The boat was built at Arsenal de Marinha do Rio de Janeiro in Rio de Janeiro and was launched on 5 January 1996 and commissioned on 16 December 1996.[citation needed] The boat was decommissioned on 17 February 2023.[5] She is being planned to be used as a target in a ship sinking naval exercise by the Brazilian Navy in 2026.[6]
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