fairing of the free movement after a self-launched exercise torpedo hit it. The torpedo made a strange trajectory and ended up attacking launch ship. The Delfín-serie submarines were decommissioned between 2003 and 2006; in the particular case of the Delfín (S-61) it was officially decommissioned on September 10, 2003 (although it was planned to do so on July 2, 2003, the Portuguese navy was interested in it and although in the end no agreement was reached your discharge was postponed). At that time, she was the Spanish submarine that had served the longest uninterruptedly in the Spanish Navy, after 30 years of service. It was donated by the Spanish Navy as a museum ship since 2004 to the city of Torrevieja (Alicante), a town that sponsored it for the Navy after its launch and gave it its first combat flag in 1971. Specifically, it arrived towed by the tug civilian Sea Nostromo Primero on May 8, 2004. Since then, she has been moored in the port of that town and is part of the Museo del Mar y de la Sal (Museum of the Sea and Salt). After its installation there in the first ten years it exceeded million visits. In 2015, he participated in an international amateur radio transmission for 48 hours in an initiative that tried to put all the existing floating museums in the world in contact. In 2019 it became the first floating museum to be adapted for people with functional diversity. See also List of submarines of the Spanish Navy List of retired Spanish Navy ships References External links Información y horario de visita al Submarino Ayuntamiento de Torrevieja Información para visitar el Submarino S-61 Delfín Portal de turismo de la Comunidad Valenciana La Armada despide a su submarino más veterano Revista Naval (10 de septiembre de 2003) Características Generales de la clase Delfín La Vanguardia (24 de marzo de 1974) Datos técnicos del Submarino Los Barcos de Eugenio EXPERIENCIAS A BORDO DE UN SUBMARINO DE LA CLASE “DELFIN” por Antonio Bergoños González, ex-comandante del Delfín El Arma Submarina 100 años en imágenes (1915-2015) Ministerio de Defensa S-61 Delfín Submarine. Torrevieja Marine LPSPhoto (fotos, página en inglés) Submarino museo S-61 DELFIN (Torrevieja) Vídeo en YouTube Enjoy Directo: El Submarino Delfín de Torrevieja Vídeo en YouTube Submarines of the Spanish Navy Museum ships in Spain 1972 ships Daphné-class submarines Ships built in Cartagena, Spain