Submarino Barracuda, Lisbon

In dry dock No. 1, formerly owned by the shipbuilding company H.Parry & Son in Casillas, on June 25, 2013, the submarine Barracuda of the Portuguese Navy was permanently parked.

The submarine belongs to the Albacora class, developed by Portugal on the basis of the French project Daphne (Daphne) and built in a series of 4 units at the Dubigeòn shipyards in Normandy. All vessels were part of the 4th submarine Division in 1968-1969, where they served until the beginning of the 21st century, when they were replaced by modern German submarines of Project 209. "Barracuda" was decommissioned in 2010, remaining in service longer than all its sisterships.

Barracuda was laid down on October 19, 1965, launched on April 24, 1967, on May 4, 1968, the boat was equipped and 3 days later the ship went for sea trials. On May 16, the first dive took place, which lasted an hour and a half.

The Albacore class boats had the following characteristics: surface displacement of 860 tons, underwater displacement of 1038 tons, length of 57.75 m, width of 6.74 m and draft of 5.25 m. The power plant, consisting of diesel generators and rowing electric motors with a total capacity of 1600 hp, provided a surface speed of 15 knots (28 km/h), underwater speed of diving under the snorkel (on diesel engines) 12 knots, when fully submerged (from batteries) 8 knots (15 km / h).

The boat could go on the surface at an economic speed of 7 knots (13 km / h) 10 thousand miles (18.500 km - a very good indicator!), autonomy was 30 days. All boats were tested to a diving depth of 300 meters. The crew consisted of 6 commanding officers, 24 junior officers and specialists, and 20 sailors. Armament-12 torpedo tubes of 550mm caliber (8 bow and 4 stern), ammunition for one torpedo per unit.

In 2012, as part of the tourism development program, the Mayor's Office of Almada allocated half a million euros for the repair of the dock and restoration of the boat. Inside the submarine, they plan to create an atmosphere of a combat campaign, as a result of which the ship will undoubtedly become one of the most interesting tourist attractions in Lisbon.

Adjacent Dock No.2 is occupied by another museum ship-the frigate Dom Fernando II e Gloria.