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Peruvian Navy begins Type 209/1200 submarine modernization


Photo: SIMA

Peruvian naval shipyard SIMA has started the modernization of the Peruvian Navy’s four Type 209/1200 submarines.

The first boat to undergo the upgrades is the BAP Chipana which was recently lifted out of the water onto a dry dock for the maintenance.

The Syncrolift system the company used for the procedure was delivered by Norwegian company TTS Syncrolift AS. A similar system was used to launch the Royal Australian Navy AWD destroyers. (watch the system in action here)

Chipana’s hull will now be cut in two to allow the replacement of the command and control systems. The submarine’s propulsion system will also be upgraded in addition to navigation, mechanical and electrical systems.


Peruvian submarine upgrades will be supported by the German submarine specialist thyssenkrupp Marine Systems.

In June 2016, Sima awarded TKMS a €40 million (approx. $45.44M) contract to help with the upgrades. The German company will be involved in engineering and technical services such as cutting and welding on the submarines and will make specialists available to provide local support over a period of seven years.

The four submarines to be upgraded, Chipana, Angamos, Antofagasta and Pisagua, were built in the early 1980s at the thyssenkrupp Marine Systems shipyard (at that time HDW –Howaldtswerke- Deutsche Werft GmbH) in Kiel and have been used by the Peruvian navy ever since.



Peru also operates two Type 209/1100 submarine, BAP Islay and BAP Arica, which were upgraded in 2008.

https://navaltoday.com/2017/12/14/peruvian-navy-begins-type-209-1200-submarine-modernization/

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Peruvian Navy starts construction of second Makassar-class LPD ‘Paita’



Peruvian defense minister Jorge Nieto Montesinos inscribes his intials onto a plate which will be welded onto the keel of B.A.P. Paita. Photo: SIMA

The Peruvian Navy officially marked the beginning of construction works on its second Makassar-class landing platform dock (LPD) ‘Paita’ with a keel-laying ceremony on December 14.

The ceremony took place at the SIMA shipyard in Calao and was led by Peruvian defense minister Jorge Nieto Montesinos.

The future B.A.P. Paita is the second of overall two Makassar-class landing platform dock planned to be constructed for the Peruvian Navy.

The lead ship in the class, B.A.P. Pisco was launched in April 2017 and is expected to be commissioned in 2019.

The two ships in the class were designed by South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) in collaboration with the Peruvian state-owned shipyard SIMA. DSME also provided the design for the Indonesian Navy’s three Makassar-class ships. Indonesian shipbuilder PT PAL subsequently built two vessels for the Philippines Navy which refers to them as Tarlac-class.

B.A.P. Carrasco embarks on maiden mission

In addition to the keel laying ceremony, Peruvian state and navy officials also attended the send off of the recently-commissioned Polar oceanographic research vessel B.A.P. Carrasco on its maiden deployment to the Antarctic.

B.A.P. Carrasco got underway from the Port of Callao on December 14 with a crew of 57. The ship is now en route the Peruvian Antarctic scientific station “Machu Picchu” where it is scheduled to stay until March, 2018.

https://navaltoday.com/2017/12/15/peruvian-navy-starts-construction-of-second-makassar-class-lpd-paita/

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TWO NEW BOATS FOR PERUVIAN NAVY

Peruvian shipyard SIMA, by agreement with N Sundin Dockstavarvet, will build the first two of a total of 24 ultra-fast combat boats destined for maritime interdiction duties on the Peruvian coast.


The pictured CB90 of the Mexican Navy is similar to those to be built for Peru. (Photo: Mexican Navy)

The CB90HSM boats are high performance aluminium-hulled craft with a length of 16.5m, a beam of 3.85m and a draft of 0.8m: displacement is 18t in standard configuration and 25t at full load. Maximum speed is around 45kts and range approx. 300nmi. Up to 18 personnel can be carried in addition to the normal three-man crew and the vessels are armed with two bow-mounted 12.7mm Browning M2 machine guns and a remote control weapon station that supports various weapon configurations, including a 12.7mm machine gun, a 30mm cannon, a 40mm grenade launcher or a HELLFIRE missile launcher.

https://www.monch.com/mpg/news/naval-channel/7293-two-new-boats-for-peruvian-navy.html

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