BAP Arica (SS-36)

BAP "Arica" (SS-36) is one of two Type 209/1100 submarines ordered by the Peruvian Navy on June 24, 1970. She was built by the German shipbuilder "Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft AG" at its shipyard in Kiel. She is named after the naval battle of Arica an engagemente between naval forces of Peru and Chile which took place on February 27, 1880. Following sea trials in the North Sea, she arrived to its homeport of Callao in 1975. After almost a decade in service she was overhauled in Kiel between 1983 and 1984 for further use.

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