![]() In total, 21 submarines type 209 were sold, of which two to the Argentinian Navy, six to Peru, two to Colombia, two to Venezuela, two to Ecuador, two to Chile and five to Brazil. Latin America became an important export region. The largest buyers were Turkey (14 orders), South Korea (nine orders) and Greece (eight orders). The great popularity of type 209 can be traced back to the fact that the producer was prepared to modify the submarines according to individual customer specifications.Īfter Greece having ordered four type 209 submarines in 1967, HDW exported more than 60 abroad-with different specifications-until the end of the 1990s, either as full product or, later, by part packets that were assembled on-site at the customer's. Also designed by the IKL, it is mostly marketed and produced by the Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft (HDW). The successor model of the submarine type 209 became a real 'top seller'-the so far most built submarine with diesel-electric drive worldwide. Denmark also ordered two submarines of this type three years later. In 1962, Norway ordered 15 type 207 submarines that had been designed by the Ingenieurkontor Lübeck (IKL) and produced by the Rheinstahl Nordseewerke in Emden. The 'success story' of German submarine export already started in the 1960s. ![]() Nearly every second country whose navy possesses submarines has German-manufactured submarines. So far, more than 120 have been sold to 17 countries on four continents. No country has ever sold more submarines to other countries than Germany has. ![]() German shipyards are world champions in exporting conventional submarines. ![]()
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