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Hajen-class submarine of the Swedish Navy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
HSwMS Sälen (Sä), (Swedish for "The seal") was the second Hajen-class submarine of the Swedish Navy.[1]
HSwMS Sälen | |
History | |
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Sweden | |
Name | Sälen |
Namesake | Sälen |
Builder | Saab Kockums |
Laid down | 1953 |
Launched | 3 October 1955 |
Commissioned | 8 April 1957 |
Decommissioned | 1 July 1980 |
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Motto |
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Fate | Scrapped, 1990 |
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 Sälen was launched on 3 October 1955 by Saab Kockums, Malmö and commissioned on 8 April 1957.
She was decommissioned on 1 July 1980 and later scrapped in Gävle in 1990.[2]
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