HSwMS Hajen (1954)
Appearance
HSwMS Hajen in 1975
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History | |
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Name | Hajen |
Namesake | Hajen |
Builder | Saab Kockums |
Launched | 11 December 1954 |
Commissioned | 28 February 1957 |
Decommissioned | 1 July 1980 |
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Fate | Scrapped, 1983 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Hajen-class submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 65.8 m (216 ft) |
Beam | 5.1 m (17 ft) |
Draught | 5.0 m (16.4 ft) |
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Complement | 44 |
Armament | 4 × 533mm Torpedo Tubes (bow, 8 torpedoes) |
HSwMS Hajen (Hj), (Swedish for "The shark") was the lead boat of the Hajen-class submarine of the Swedish Navy.[1]
Construction and career
[edit]HSwMS Hajen was launched on 11 December 1954 by Saab Kockums, Malmö and commissioned on 28 February 1957.
She was decommissioned on 1 July 1980 and later scrapped in Landskrona in 1983.[2]
Gallery
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HSwMS Hajen on 25 January 1961
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HSwMS Hajen in 1975
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.