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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Plongeur			Arsenal de Marinha de Lisboa		1892	1892	discarded 1910

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	/ 100
Length, m	22.0
Breadth, m	3.50
Draught, m
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 electric motors
Power, h. p.
Max speed, kts	/ 6
Fuel, t	battery only
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	4 - 356 Nordenfelt TC
Complement	6
Diving depth operational, m

Project history

This boat was designed by Fontes Pereiro de Mello, and was cylindrical in shape, ending forward in a cone. She dived and surfaced by use of ballast tanks and horizontal rudders; the motors were powered by accumulators.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.