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 19th-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.

In 2018, the BAP Chipana began the process of being modernized by SIMA.

The submarine was split in order to replace its mechanical and control equipment.

BAP Chipana (SS-34) undergoing upgrades