The commander-in-chief of the Chilean Navy, Admiral Juan Andrés De la Maza, indicated that the institution is submitting the necessary documents to the Ministry of National Defense to be able to replace the two 209/1400L class submarines that in 2024 completed 40 years of service.
The authority referred to this matter and other topics of interest in an interview on the program La Mañana Informativa on the 24 Horas channel, a few months after the end of his command in the Chilean Navy.
When asked about the construction of submarines, he pointed out that “it is also a project that we are already developing, we are submitting the necessary documents to the Ministry of Defense to be able to renew the two oldest submarines, which are the German class 209,” and recalled that the first Chilean Scorpène-class submarine, the SS-23 General O’Higgins, It turns 20 in 2025.