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Tuesday, October 07, 2014

Chilean shipyards redeliver Type 209 submarine to Ecuador

BAE Huancavilca (SS 102)The Ecuadorian Navy took redelivery of a Type 209 submarine on 26 September at Chile's ASMAR Talcahuano shipyards.

BAE Huancavilca (SS 102) was sent for a mid-life upgrade (MLU) and refit programme that included new batteries and integration of the Thales S-CUBE submarine sonar suite, the DCNS SUBTICS submarine combat system, and WASS A-184 Mod 3 heavyweight long-range torpedoes.

According to the Ecuadoran Navy's logistics director, Rear Admiral Angel Sarzosa, work on Huancavilca lasted 34 months and now Ecuador's submarine force is fully renewed and ready for a new generation of sailing.

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