BAP Chipana (SS-34)

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.

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*Ortiz Sotelo, Jorge, "Apuntes para la historia de los submarinos peruanos". Biblioteca Nacional, 2001.