BAP Chipana (SS-34)
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| Career |  |
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| Laid down: | 1 November 1978 |
| Launched: | 19 May 1981 |
| Commissioned: | 28 October 1982 |
| Homeport: | Callao |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1,180 t surfaced 1,285 t submerged |
| Length: | 55.9 m |
| Beam: | 6.4 m |
| Draft: | 5.9 m |
| Propulsion: | 4 MTU Type 12V493 AZ80 GA31L diesel engines 1 Siemens electric motor 1 shaft 4,600 hp |
| Speed: | 11 knots surfaced 21 knots submerged |
| Range: | 11,300 nm surfaced at 4 knots |
| Endurance: | 40 days on patrol |
| Complement: | 5 officers, 26 enlisted |
| Armament: | 8 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 14 SST-4 torpedoes |
| Motto: | Temple y corazón |
BAP Chipana (SS-34) is one of two Type 209/1200 submarines ordered by the Peruvian Navy on March 21, 1977. She was built by the German shipbuilder Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft AG at its shipyard in Kiel. She was originally named Blume after the XIX century engineer Federico Blume, however on April 21, 1980, she was renamed after the battle of Chipana which took place between naval forces of Peru and Chile on April 12, 1879. Following sea trials in the North Sea, she arrived to its homeport of Callao in 1983.
[edit] Sources
- Baker III, Arthur D., The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 2002-2003. Naval Institute Press, 2002.
- Ortiz Sotelo, Jorge, Apuntes para la historia de los submarinos peruanos. Biblioteca Nacional, 2001.
