The submarine was
launched in 1984 and
commissioned in 1985. It was involved in a collision during naval exercises near
Cartagena, in 2001 as well as the
Perejil Island crisis in 2002. It was deployed as part of the Spanish contribution to the multi-national task force enforcing the
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 "to take all necessary measures to protect civilians under threat of attack" in
Libya on March 22, 2011. Between 19 and 23 March 2012, the submarine participated in the INSTREX-12 exercise, along with 11 other ships and the
Portuguese Tridente-class submarine,
Arpao. On 24 May 2013, Pedro Argüelles,
Secretary of State for Defence, declared at the
Congress of Deputies that
shipbuilding company
Navantia would review the technical delays of the
S-80 Submarine, which had previously been discarded. The Armada decommissioned the
Tramontana in a ceremony on February 16, 2024. ==Media==