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HSwMS Vargen (1960)
Draken-class submarine of the Swedish Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see HSwMS Vargen.
HSwMS Vargen (Vg), Sw. meaning The Wolf, was the second boat of the Draken-class submarine of the Swedish Navy.[1]
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Name | Vargen |
Namesake | Vargen |
Builder | Saab Kockums |
Launched | 20 May 1960 |
Commissioned | 15 November 1961 |
Decommissioned | 1989 |
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Fate | Scrapped, 1989 |
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Class and type | Draken-class submarine |
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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) |
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