Engineering and construction SIMA Peru, Submarines Hangar.
The Islay and Arica BAPs, type 209 submarines built at the Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft RG shipyard in Kiel, Germany, arrived in Callao in 1974 and 1975, constituting the first vessels of its kind to arrive on our coasts out of a total of six they increased the Submarine Force. At the beginning of the 1980s, two more vessels of type 209 arrived: BAP Casma and BAP Antofagasta. Finally, in 1983, BAP Chipana and BAP Pisagua arrived, completing the number of units planned by the Institution and which are today the pillar of this Force.
The characteristics of the submarines type 209 are: displacement 1,180 tons in surface and 1,285 in immersion. The propulsion plant consists of 4 MTU diesel engines type 12V493AZ80 and a Siemens electric motor coupled to an axle. Speed ​​11 knots in surface and 21 knots in immersion. The autonomy at 4 knots is 11,300 miles. Eight 533millimeter torpedo tubes and a capacity for 14 SST 4 filigreed torpedoes make up the armament capacity of these formidable units. The length is 55.90 meters, sleeve 6.30 meters and draft 5.50 meters. The sensors and fire control systems are stateoftheart. The crew: 35 men.
Proof of this prestige are the annual international operations that take place on the Atlantic coast of the United States, where our units participate in exercises with American ships.
The need to carry out a special maintenance and change of batteries in the submarines type 209 constituted a challenge for the Industrial Service of the Navy. Since 1968, the shipyard has carried out largescale works in this type of ship. Based on its long experience, SIMA has managed to develop efficient procedures that have been used even by other marinas, as was the case of the route taken to the Colombian submarine type 209 Tayrona between April and May of 1997.
TYPE 209 (SS)
DESCRIPTION
Submarine Type: 209
Built by: Shipyard Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft, Kiel, Germany
Helmet Number: 31
Length: 56.03 meters.
Beam: 6.24 meters
Strut: 11.3 mts.
Displacement: 1180 tn. (immersion)
Speeds: Surface 12 knots, Immersion 22 knots
Weapons: 14 Torpedoes.