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Thursday, September 13, 2012

Columbia Inducts Two Former German Submarines

Type 206A submarineThe Columbian Navy announced today that it has inducted two former Type 206A submarines from Germany.

Under a contract concluded between Colombia and the HDW shipyard, the latter "tropicalized" the two submarines, which were originally designed for use in the Baltic. These activities have included the technical integration of the Naval Arsenal is intended.

"Intrepido" and "Indomable" will support two other submarines built by HDW in Kiel for the Colombian navy, "Tayrona" and "Pijao" (Type 209).

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