HSwMS Uttern (1958)
Appearance
HSwMS Uttern in 1962
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History | |
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Name | Uttern |
Namesake | Uttern |
Builder | Saab Kockums |
Launched | 14 November 1958 |
Commissioned | 15 March 1960 |
Decommissioned | 1 July 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 Uttern (Ut) (Swedish for "The otter") was the sixth Hajen-class submarine of the Swedish Navy.[1]
Construction and career
[edit]HSwMS Uttern was launched on 14 November 1958 by Saab Kockums, Karlskrona and commissioned on 15 March 1960.
She was decommissioned on 1 July 1980 and later sold for scrap in Odense in 1981.[2]
Gallery
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HSwMS Uttern on 14 November 1958
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.