Brazilian submarine Humaitá (S20) [SEP] vessel class
Brazilian submarine Humaitá (S20)
Brazilian submarine "Humaitá" (S20) was an "Oberon"-class submarine in the Brazilian Navy.
Design and construction.
The submarine, built by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering at their shipyard in Barrow, was laid down on 3 November 1970, and launched on 5 October 1971. She was commissioned into the Brazilian Navy on 18 June 1973.
Decommissioning and fate.
"Humaitá" left naval service in 1996.
See also.
- Ships of the Brazilian Navy
, serving the Amazonas town
- Humaitã River, a river in southern Brazil.
Military.
- Fortress of Humaitá, a strategic defence system in Paraguay, 1854–1868
- Passage of Humaitá, the 1868 naval operation during the Paraguayan War in which the fortress was bypassed by the Brazilian fleet
- Siege of Humaitá, the 1868 military operation during the Paraguayan War in which the fortress was taken
- Humaitá-class gunboat, a type of vessel used in the Chaco War by the Paraguayan Navy
- Several