BAP Pisagua (SS-33)

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.