Simpson (SS-21) is a Type 209 submarine, 1400-l variant and referred to as the Thomson class. The boat was built for the Chilean Navy by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft shipyards in Kiel, Germany.
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Name | Simpson |
Namesake | Robert Winthrop Simpson |
Builder | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel |
Launched | 1982 |
Commissioned | 31 August 1984 |
Homeport | Talcahuano |
Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Thomson class(Type 209/1400-L) 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) |
Depth | 300 m (980 ft) |
Installed power | 2,400 hp (1,800 kW)4,600 hp (3,400 kW) (submerged) |
Propulsion | Diesel-electric • 4 diesel engines • 1 axle |
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Complement | 33 |
Armament | 8 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes for 16 Whitehead Alenia Sistemi Subacquei Black Shark heavyweight torpedoes |
Simpson is the first of two units, ahead of Thomson. It is currently serving in the Submarine Force with a base port in Talcahuano. Between 2009 and 2012, it underwent a systems modernisation.[1]
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