Hajen III-class submarine

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HSwMS Hajen.
Class overview
Builders Kockums
OperatorsNaval Ensign of Sweden.svg  Swedish Navy
Preceded by Neptun-class
Succeeded by Draken-class
Built1953–1960
In commission1957–1980
Planned6
Completed6
Active0
Retired6
General characteristics
TypeSubmarine
Displacement
  • 720 tonnes (Surfaced)
  • 900 tonnes submerged
Length65.8 m (215 ft 11 in)
Beam5.1 m (16 ft 9 in)
Draught5.0 m (16 ft 5 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 shaft diesel-electric
  • 2 Pielstick Diesels 1,660 hp (1,240 kW)
  • 2 ASEA electric motors
Speed
  • 16 kn (30 km/h) surfaced
  • 20 kn (37 km/h) submerged
Complement44
Armament4 × 533 mm Torpedo Tubes (bow, 8 torpedoes)

The Hajen class (Shark class) was a submarine class built by Kockums and used by the Swedish Navy. The design was influenced by the German Type XXI submarine class. A total of 6 submarines were built in 1954-1958 and were kept in service until 1980. [1] [2]

The first Hajen class submarine to be built was HSwMS Hajen in 1954, followed by HSwMS Sälen (1955), HSwMS Valen (1955), HSwMS Illern (1957), HSwMS Bävern (1958), and HSwMS Uttern (1958).

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HSwMS Sälen (Sä), was the second Hajen-class submarine of the Swedish Navy.

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HSwMS <i>Illern</i> (1957) Hajen-class submarine of the Swedish Navy

HSwMS Illern (In), was the fourth Hajen-class submarine of the Swedish Navy.

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HSwMS Bävern (Bä), was the fifth Hajen-class submarine of the Swedish Navy.

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Two warships of Sweden have been named Sälen, after Sälen in the Dalarna of Svealand:

Three warships of Sweden have been named Hajen, after Hajen:

Two warships of Sweden have been named Valen, after Valen:

Two warships of Sweden have been named Illern, after Illern:

Two warships of Sweden have been named Bävern, after Bävern:

Three warships of Sweden have been named Uttern, after Uttern:

References

  1. "Submarines, Svenska ubåtar (1883-1998), Jan-Erik Thoft". www.submarines.se. Archived from the original on 2011-10-07.
  2. "Swedish Submarines".