Brazilian submarine Álvaro Alberto
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Álvaro Alberto, Brazil's first nuclear-powered attack submarine, is part of a strategic partnership signed between France and Brazil on 23 December 2008 by then-presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Nicolas Sarkozy, that created the Submarine Development Program, a naval modernization plan of the Brazilian Armed Forces. The boat is the fifth unit of the Riachuelo-class, based on the French Scorpène-class.[12][4] The submarine is being constructed by the Brazilian state-owned naval company ICN. Once Álvaro Alberto is completed, Brazil will be the seventh country in the world to field nuclear submarines.[11][13][14][upper-alpha 1]
Artist's rendering of the future Álvaro Alberto | |
History | |
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Brazil | |
Name | Álvaro Alberto |
Namesake | Álvaro Alberto da Motta e Silva |
Ordered | 23 December 2008[1][2] |
Builder | ICN, Madeira Island, Itaguaí |
Cost | USD ~7 billion (FY 2018)[3] |
Commissioned | 2032 to 2034[4][5] |
Homeport | Madeira Island |
Identification | SN10 |
Status | Under construction[4] |
General characteristics | |
Type | Nuclear attack submarine |
Displacement | 6,000 t (5,900 long tons)[6] |
Length | 100 m (330 ft)[6] |
Beam | 9.8 m (32 ft)[6] |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)[9] |
Range | Unlimited range, up to 25 years (nuclear fuel)[10] |
Complement | 100[10] |
Armament |
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Álvaro Alberto was named after the former Brazilian Navy vice admiral and scientist Álvaro Alberto da Motta e Silva, who was the responsible for the implementation of the country's nuclear program.[16] He also served as President of the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission between 1946–47, and as President of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences for two terms, from 1935–37 and 1949–51.[17][18]