Carrera
History
Chile
Name	Carrera
Namesake	José Miguel Carrera
Ordered	1997[1]
Builder	DCNS Cherbourg & Navantia, Cartagena
Launched	November 2004[1]
Commissioned	July 2006[1]
Homeport	Talcahuano
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and type	Scorpène-class submarine
Displacement	1,525 long tons (1,549 t) surfaced 1,668 long tons (1,695 t) submerged
Length	66.4 m (217 ft 10 in)
Beam	6.2 m (20 ft 4 in)
Draft	5.8 m (19 ft 0 in)
Installed power	Diesel 3005 kW Electric 3810 kW
Propulsion	Mechanical: 4 diesel engines Electric: 1 main electric motor 1 propeller
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced 22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph) submerged
Range	12,000 km (7,500 mi) at 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Complement	31
Sensors and processing systems	Long-range passive Intercept Active sonar
Armament	6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes for 18 Whitehead Alenia Sistemi Subacquei Black Shark heavyweight torpedoes and 4 SM-39 Exocet anti-ship missiles and 30 mines in place of torpedoes

Carrera (SS-22) is a Scorpène-class submarine built for the Chilean Navy by DCNS in Cherbourg and Navantia in Cartagena, Spain.

Carrera is the second of two units, behind O'Higgins (SS-23) built to replace the old Oberon-class submarines that served in the Chilean Navy for 30 years. It is currently serving in the Submarine Force with a base port in Talcahuano.

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