Class profile

Riachuelo Class

Brazil - Conventional Attack Submarine

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Riachuelo Class

Class facts

Country

Brazil

Type

Conventional Attack Submarine

Length

71 m

Displacement

1900 t

Speed

20 kn

Public ships

4

Public description

Riachuelo Class is Brazil's PROSUB S-BR / Scorpene-derived diesel-electric submarine class, represented by diesel-electric propulsion, submarine sonar, heavyweight torpedo and generic submarine-launched anti-surface capability.

Public ships in class

Equipment summary

Weapon

Submarine heavyweight torpedo

Submarine-launched anti-ship missile

unknown

Sensor

Scorpene submarine sonar suite

Propulsion

Diesel-electric propulsion