The Portuguese Navy (Marinha Portuguesa) has officially taken delivery of its second and last Tridente Class U209PN submarines on December 22 during a ceremony held in Kiel, Germany. S161 NRP “Arpão” will join S160 NRP “Tridente” already in service with the 5º Esquadrilha de Submarinos flotilla. The fleet has been contracted by the Portuguese Ministry […]

Admiral José Carlos Torrado Saldanha Lopes has been nammed the Portuguese Navy (Marinha Portuguesa) Chief of Staff (Chefe do Estado-Maior da Armada-CEMA) on November 30. Admiral José Carlos Torrado Saldanha Lopes replace Admiral Fernando José Ribeiro de Melo Gomes which has been in the post since November of 2005.  In his previous post of Vice-Admiral, […]

Italian company Whitehead Alenia Sistemi Subacquei SpA (WASS) has completed the delivery of 24 IF21 Black Shark heavyweight torpedoes to the Portuguese Navy (Marinha Portuguesa). The batch of 24 wire-guided 533mm torpedoes procured thought the Portuguese military hardware trader COIS-Comércio Internacional e Serviços Lda includes training torpedoes. The weapon systems are to be operated from […]

The first ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems U209PN, S160 NRP “Tridente” submarine has been officially received by the Portuguese Navy (Marinha Portuguesa) on September 8. Modern facilities has also been built to support the “5º Esquadrilha de Submarinos” flotilla composed by NRP “Tridente”  and  the second S161 NRP “Arpão”  submarine to be dlivered in 2011. Each one […]

The Portuguese Navy (Marinha Portuguesa) first Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft GmbH (part of Thyssen Krupp Marine Systems AG) U209PN, S160 NRP “Tridente” submarine will be officially received during a ceremony to be held next Wednesday at the Portuguese Navy main naval base. The event to be presided by the Portuguese Defence Minister Augusto Ernesto Santos Silva […]

In the morning of August 02, the Portuguese Navy (PN) S160 NRP Tridente U209PN AIP powered conventional submarine has arrived at the PN main naval base. S161 NRP Arpão, the second of the two Tridente Class submarines built by the German shipbuilder Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft GmbH (part of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems AG) for Portugal will […]

S160 NRP Tridente, the Portuguese Navy first U209PN submarine built by German shipbuilder Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft GmbH (part of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems AG) will arrive at its homeport the Base Naval de Lisboa (BNL) on August 02. An official receipt ceremony will be held on September 08.

German shipbuilder Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft GmbH (part of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems AG) has delivered the S160 NRP Tridente U209PN AIP (Air Independent Propulsion) powered submarine to the Portuguese Navy (Marinha Portuguesa) on 17 June. The 1640 Tonnes and 68 Meters long submarine will be definitely accepted by the PN a year later. Some deficiencies have […]

The two Portuguese Navy U209PN submarines is being fitted with a Saab Avitronics Pty Ltd and Medav GmbH combined tactical Electronic Support Measures/Electronic INTelligence (ESM/ELINT), SIGINT (SIGnal INTelligence) and COMmunications INTelligence (COMINT) system described as the most complex submarine Electronic Warfare (EW) suite developed to date. South African company Saab Avitronics Pty Ltd is also […]

(Howaldswerke Deutsche Werft GmbH). NRP “Arpão ´´, the second and last Portuguese Navy Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft GmbH (part of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems AG) Tridente Class U209PN Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) powered submarines has been launched at a ceremony held in Kiel today June 18. The submarine is planned to be delivered in 2011. Together with […]