Hajen III-class submarine
 HSwMS Hajen. | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders | Kockums |
| Operators |  Swedish Navy |
| Preceded by | Neptun-class |
| Succeeded by | Draken-class |
| Built | 1953–1960 |
| In commission | 1957–1980 |
| Planned | 6 |
| Completed | 6 |
| Active | 0 |
| Retired | 6 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 65.8 m (215 ft 11 in) |
| Beam | 5.1 m (16 ft 9 in) |
| Draught | 5.0 m (16 ft 5 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed |
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| Complement | 44 |
| Armament | 4 × 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).
References
[edit]- Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995
- ^ "Submarines, Svenska ubåtar (1883-1998), Jan-Erik Thoft". www.submarines.se. Archived from the original on 2011-10-07.
- ^ "Swedish Submarines".
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