HSwMS Illern (1957)
Appearance
HSwMS Illern in 1962
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History | |
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Name | Illern |
Namesake | Illern |
Builder | Saab Kockums |
Launched | 14 November 1957 |
Commissioned | 31 August 1959 |
Decommissioned | 1980 |
Identification |
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Fate | Scrapped, 1981 |
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) |
Propulsion |
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Speed |
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Complement | 44 |
Armament | 4 × 533mm Torpedo Tubes (bow, 8 torpedoes) |
HSwMS Illern (In), (Swedish for "The polecat") was the fourth Hajen-class submarine of the Swedish Navy.[1]
Construction and career
[edit]HSwMS Illern was launched on 14 November 1957 by Saab Kockums, Karlskrona and commissioned on 31 August 1959.
She was decommissioned in 1980 and later sold for scrap in Odense in 1981.[2]
Gallery
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HSwMS Illern on 14 November 1957
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.