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HSwMS Vargen (1960)

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HSwMS Vargen (1960)
File:HMS Vargen B33-3.jpg
HSwMS Vargen
Career (Sweden)
Name: Vargen
Namesake: Vargen
Builder: Saab Kockums
Launched: 20 May 1960
Commissioned: 15 November 1961
Decommissioned: 1989
Identification:
  • Vg
  • Vgn
Motto:
  • Lupus primus inter pares
  • (The foremost wolf among equals)
    • Fate: Scrapped, 1989
    General characteristics
    Class & type:
    Displacement:
  • 770 t (758 long tons), surfaced
  • 950 t (935 long tons), submerged
    • Length: 69.3 m (227 ft)
    Beam: 5.1 m (17 ft)
    Draught: 5.3 m (17 ft)
    Propulsion:
    • 1 shaft diesel-electric
    • 2 Pielstick Diesels 1660 hp
    • 2 ASEA electric motors
    Speed:
  • 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) surfaced
  • 22 knots submerged
    • Complement: 36
    Armament: 4 × 533mm torpedo tubes(bow, 12 torpedoes)

    HSwMS Vargen (Vg), Sw. meaning dragon, was the second boat of the Draken-class submarine of the Swedish Navy.[1]

    Construction and career[]

    HSwMS Vargen was launched on 20 May 1960 by Saab Kockums, Malmö and commissioned on 15 November 1961. She was decommissioned in 1989 and scrapped later in Gävle.[2]

    Gallery[]

    References[]

    1. ↑ Klintebo, Roderick (2004). Det svenska ubåtsvapnet 1904–2004. Stockholm: Literatim. ISBN 91-973075-3-X. 
    2. ↑ von Hofsten, Gustaf; Waernberg, Jan (2003). Svenskt Militärhistoriskt Bibl. Stockholm: Örlogsfartyg. ISBN 91-9731873-6. 


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