HSwMS Vargen (1960)
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 HSwMS Vargen | |
| History | |
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 Sweden | |
| Name | Vargen |
| Namesake | Vargen |
| Builder | Saab Kockums |
| Launched | 20 May 1960 |
| Commissioned | 15 November 1961 |
| Decommissioned | 1989 |
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| Fate | Scrapped, 1989 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Draken-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 69.3 m (227 ft) |
| Beam | 5.1 m (17 ft) |
| Draught | 5.3 m (17 ft) |
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| Complement | 36 |
| Armament | 4 × 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]
Construction and career
[edit]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]
Gallery
[edit]- HSwMS Vargen
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HSwMS Vargen -
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HSwMS Vargen in 1967 -
References
[edit]- ^ Klintebo, Roderick (2004). Det svenska ubåtsvapnet 1904–2004. Stockholm: Literatim. ISBN 91-973075-3-X.
- ^ von Hofsten, Gustaf; Waernberg, Jan (2003). Svenskt Militärhistoriskt Bibl. Stockholm: Örlogsfartyg. ISBN 91-9731873-6.
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