HSwMS Hajen (1954)

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HSwMS Hajen in 1975
History
Naval Ensign of Sweden.svgSweden
NameHajen
Namesake Hajen
Builder Saab Kockums
Launched11 December 1954
Commissioned28 February 1957
Decommissioned1 July 1980
Identification
  • Hj
  • Haj
Motto
  • Primus inter pares
  • (The foremost among equals)
Fate Scrapped, 1983
General characteristics
Class and type Hajen-class submarine
Displacement
  • 720 t (709 long tons), surfaced
  • 900 t (886 long tons), submerged
Length65.8 m (216 ft)
Beam5.1 m (17 ft)
Draught5.0 m (16.4 ft)
Propulsion
  • 2 shaft diesel-electric
  • 2 Pielstick Diesels 1660 hp
  • 2 ASEA electric motors
Speed
  • 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) surfaced
  • 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) submerged
Complement44
Armament4 × 533mm Torpedo Tubes (bow, 8 torpedoes)

HSwMS Hajen (Hj), (Swedish for "Shark") was the lead boat of the Hajen-class submarine of the Swedish Navy. [1]

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Construction and career

HSwMS Hajen was launched on 11 December 1954 by Saab Kockums, Malmö and commissioned on 28 February 1957.

She was decommissioned on 1 July 1980 and later scrapped in Landskrona in 1983. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Klintebo, Roderick (2004). Det svenska ubåtsvapnet 1904–2004. Stockholm: Literatim. ISBN   91-973075-3-X.
  2. ↑ von Hofsten, Gustaf; Waernberg, Jan (2003). Svenskt Militärhistoriskt Bibl. Stockholm: Örlogsfartyg. ISBN   91-9731873-6.


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