HSwMS Sälen (1955)

For other ships with the same name, see HSwMS Sälen.
HSwMS Sälen
History
Sweden
NameSälen
NamesakeSälen
BuilderSaab Kockums
Laid down1953
Launched3 October 1955
Commissioned8 April 1957
Decommissioned1 July 1980
Identification
  • Sä
  • Säl
Motto
  • Pulchritudo Alque Robur
  • (Beauty And Strength)
FateScrapped, 1990
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 Sälen (Sä), (Swedish for "The seal") was the second Hajen-class submarine of the Swedish Navy.[1]

Construction and career

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]

  • HSwMS Sälen
  • HSwMS Sälen on 3 October 1955
    HSwMS Sälen on 3 October 1955
  • HSwMS Sälen in 1977
    HSwMS Sälen in 1977

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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