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DANISH ROYAL NAVY (DENMARK)

SUBMARINES

DELFINEN submarines (1958-1964)

Delfinen 1970

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Delfinen S326 191 Orlogsværftets, København 1.7.1954 4.5.1956 16.9.1958 stricken 9.1984
Spækhuggeren S327 192 Orlogsværftets, København 1.12.1954 20.2.1957 27.6.1959 stricken 7.1989
Tumleren S328   Orlogsværftets, København 22.5.1956 22.5.1958 15.1.1960 stricken 8.1981
Springeren S329 193 Orlogsværftets, København 3.1.1961 26.4.1963 22.10.1964 stricken 3.1990

 

Displacement standard, t

595

Displacement normal, t

 / 643

Length, m

54.5

Breadth, m

4.70

Draught, m

4.00

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Burmeister & Wain diesels / Brown-Boveri electric motors

Power, h. p.

1200 / 1200

Max speed, kts

15 / 15

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

4000(8) /

Armament

4 - 533 TT (bow, 8)

Electronic equipment

radar, sonars

Complement

33

Diving depth operational, m

100

Project history: First Danish-designed submarines built since the war. Springeren was built with US 'Offshore' funds.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Tumleren 1975

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

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