HSwMS Sälen (1955)
 HSwMS Sälen
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| 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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| 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 (Sä), (Swedish for "The seal") was the second Hajen-class submarine of the Swedish Navy.[1]
Construction and career[edit]
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]
Gallery[edit]
- HSwMS Sälen
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HSwMS Sälen on 3 October 1955 -
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HSwMS Sälen in 1977
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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