| Career | |
|---|---|
| Laid down: | 15 August 1978 |
| Launched: | 19 October 1980 |
| Commissioned: | 12 July 1983 |
| Homeport: | Callao |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1,180 t surfaced 1,285 t submerged |
| Length: | 55.9 m |
| Beam: | 6.4 m |
| Draft: | 5.9 m |
| Propulsion: | 4 MTU Type 12V493 AZ80 GA31L diesel engines 1 Siemens electric motor 1 shaft 4,600 hp (3,400 kW) |
| Speed: | 11 knots surfaced 21 knots (39 km/h) submerged |
| Range: | 11,300 nm surfaced at 4 knots (7.4 km/h) |
| Endurance: | 40 days on patrol |
| Complement: | 5 officers, 26 enlisted |
| Armament: | 8 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 14 SST-4 torpedoes |
| Motto: | Vencer |
BAP Pisagua (SS-33) 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 is named after the battle of Pisagua which took place between Chilean warships and Peruvian coastal artillery on November 2, 1879. While undergoing sea trials in the North Sea, she collided with a Soviet ship on April 8, 1982 and suffered damage which delayed its commissioning. She eventually arrived to its homeport of Callao in 1983.