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Thursday, December 23, 2010

Germany & Portugal : Delivery of second Class 209PN Submarine to the Portuguese Navy

NRP Tridente (docked) at the building yard at HFW at KielOn December 22, 2010, the second Class 209PN submarine for the Portuguese Navy, was delivered and commissioned on the premises of Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft - a company of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems - in Kiel.

The new submarine named N.R.P. Arpão is equipped with an air-independent fuel cell propulsion system and combines the proven design principles of the Class 209 family with the innovative features of Class 214.

Ultra-modern sensors and an integrated Command and Weapon Control System make it optimally suited to its future reconnaissance and surveillance tasks.

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