Colombian submarine ARC Tayrona
The shipyard Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft GmbH (HDW), a company of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems AG and MarineForce International LLP (MFI) received in December 2008 an order for maintenance and modernization of the Colombian submarine ARC and Pijao ARC Tayrona. The contract closed between the consortium HDW / MFI and the Colombian defense ministry. The HDW submarines built in the city German port of Kiel in 1970 and five years later were sent to the Colombian Navy. Since then, 209/1200 class submarines have received an upgrade in its home shipyard in Germany.
The current modernization will take place this time in the country at the shipyard contractor Colombia in Cartagena COTECMAR state with German cooperation. The shipyard plans to end Colombia this project in 2011.
ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems For it is only a symbol of the confidence of the South American naval forces in the German technology in submarines.
HDW submarines of class 209 with 63 units under contract. They are one of the submarines most successful non-nuclear world. Only in South America submarines of this class are used by 7 countries.
Features of Type 209/1200 submarines
Length: approx. 56 m.
Displacement (submerged) approx. 1200 t
Crew: 34
Motors: Electric-Diesel
Peruvian submarine BAP the same type Chipana