HSwMS Illern (1957)

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HSwMS Illern in 1962
History
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NameIllern
Namesake Illern
Builder Saab Kockums
Launched14 November 1957
Commissioned31 August 1959
Decommissioned1980
Identification
  • In
  • Iln
Fate Scrapped, 1981
General characteristics
Class & 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 Illern (In), (Swedish for "The polecat") was the fourth Hajen-class submarine of the Swedish Navy. [1]

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Construction and career

HSwMS Illern was launched on 14 November 1957 by Saab Kockums, Karlskrona and commissioned on 31 August 1959.

She was decommissioned in 1980 and later sold for scrap in Odense in 1981. [2]

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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