Laid down 15 August 1978 Length 55.9 m Launched 19 October 1980 | Commissioned 12 July 1983 Motto Vencer Construction started 15 August 1978 | |
Displacement 1,180 t surfaced1,285 t submerged Builder Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft | ||
BAP Pisagua (SS-33) is one of two Type 209/1200 submarines ordered by the Peruvian Navy on March 21, 1977. It was built by the German shipbuilder Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft AG at its shipyard in Kiel. It is named after the battle of Pisagua which took place between Chilean warships and Peruvian coastal artillery on November 2, 1879. While undergoing sea trials in the North Sea, it collided with a Soviet ship on April 8, 1982 and suffered damage which delayed its commissioning. It eventually arrived to its homeport of Callao in 1983.
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