Spanish submarine Tramontana


Tramontana is an built for the Spanish Navy by Bazán at Cartagena, Spain. The submarine was launched in 1984, commissioned in 1985, and is currently active with the Spanish Navy.

History

On 2001, during practice exercises in Cartagena's waters, the ship suffered a collision.
On 2002, the submarine participated in the Perejil Island crisis.
On 22 March 2011, it was deployed as part of Spanish contribution to the multi-national task force enforcing UN resolution 1973 "to take all necessary measures to protect civilians under threat of attack" in Libya.
Between March 19 and 23, 2012, the submarine participated in the INSTREX-12 exercise, along with another 11 ships and a Portuguese Tridente-class submarine, Arpao.
On May 24, 2013, Pedro Argüelles, Secretary of State for Defense, declared at the congress of Deputies that due to the delays of the S-80, were going to take place the works of careen of the Tramontana, which at the beginning, were discarded.

Media

The movie Navy SEALs was filmed in this submarine on November 1989, directed by Lewis Teague and starring Charlie Sheen, Michael Biehn, Joanne Whalley, Rick Rossovich and Cyril O'Reilly. Another Spanish Navy ship called Teide also participated in the film.