HSwMS Vargen (1960)

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HSwMS Vargen
History
Naval Ensign of Sweden.svgSweden
NameVargen
Namesake Vargen
Builder Saab Kockums
Launched20 May 1960
Commissioned15 November 1961
Decommissioned1989
Identification
  • Vg
  • Vgn
Motto
  • Lupus primus inter pares
  • (The foremost wolf among equals)
Fate Scrapped, 1989
General characteristics
Class and type Draken-class submarine
Displacement
  • 770 t (758 long tons), surfaced
  • 950 t (935 long tons), submerged
Length69.3 m (227 ft)
Beam5.1 m (17 ft)
Draught5.3 m (17 ft)
Propulsion
  • 1 shaft diesel-electric
  • 2 Pielstick Diesels 1660 hp
  • 2 ASEA electric motors
Speed
  • 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) surfaced
  • 22 knots submerged
Complement36
Armament4 × 533mm torpedo tubes(bow, 12 torpedoes)

HSwMS Vargen (Vg), Sw. meaning The Wolf, was the second boat of the Draken-class submarine of the Swedish Navy. [1]

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Construction and career

HSwMS Vargen was launched on 20 May 1960 by Saab Kockums, Malmö and commissioned on 15 November 1961.

She was decommissioned in 1989 and scrapped later in Gävle. [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.