HSwMS Bävern (1958)

For other ships with the same name, see HSwMS Bävern.
HSwMS Bävern
History
Sweden
NameBävern
NamesakeBävern
BuilderSaab Kockums
Launched3 February 1958
Commissioned29 May 1959
Decommissioned1 July 1980
Identification
  • Bä
  • Bäv
Motto
  • Semper in viam
  • (Always on the go)
FateScrapped, 1981
General characteristics
Class & typeHajen-class submarine
Displacement
  • 720 t (709 long tons), surfaced
  • 900 t (886 long tons), submerged)
Length65.8 m (216 ft)
Beam5.1 m (17 ft)
Draught5.0 m (16.4 ft)
Propulsion
  • 2 shaft diesel-electric
  • 2 Pielstick Diesels 1660 hp
  • 2 ASEA electric motors
Speed
  • 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) surfaced
  • 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) submerged
Complement44
Armament4 × 533mm Torpedo Tubes (bow, 8 torpedoes)

HSwMS Bävern (Bä), (Swedish for "The beaver") was the fifth Hajen-class submarine of the Swedish Navy.[1]

Construction and career

HSwMS Bävern was launched on 3 February 1958 by Saab Kockums, Karlskrona and commissioned on 29 May 1959.

On 19 August 1961, while in Lysekil, she was involved in a bizarre collision with a Volvo P544 car which rolled downhill onto a pier.[2]

She was decommissioned on 1 July 1980 and later sold for scrap in Odense in 1981.[3]

References

  1. ^ Klintebo, Roderick (2004). Det svenska ubåtsvapnet 1904–2004. Stockholm: Literatim. ISBN 91-973075-3-X.
  2. ^ a b "Kollision mellan bil och ubåt" [Collision between car and submarine.]. digitaltmuseum.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  3. ^ von Hofsten, Gustaf; Waernberg, Jan (2003). Svenskt Militärhistoriskt Bibl. Stockholm: Örlogsfartyg. ISBN 91-9731873-6.


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