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SWEDISH NAVY (SWEDEN)

SUBMARINES

DRAKEN submarines (1929-1931)

Draken 1940

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Draken   295 Örlogsvarvet Karlskrona 1925 21.10.1926 2.1929 stricken 10.1948
Gripen   296 Örlogsvarvet Karlskrona 1926 21.8.1928 3.1929 stricken 6.1947
Ulven   297 Örlogsvarvet Karlskrona 1928 6.3.1930 2.1931 sunk 16.4.1943

 

Displacement standard, t

667

Displacement normal, t

/ 850

Length, m

66.2

Breadth, m

6.40

Draught, m

3.30

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Götaverken diesels / 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

1920 / 1000

Max speed, kts

13.8 / 8.3

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 5600(10) / 38(5)

Armament

1 x 1 - 105/39 K/41 M25, 4 - 533 TT (2 bow, 2 stern, 8)

Electronic equipment presumably hydrophone

Complement

35

Diving depth operational, m 60

Project history: Increased version of Bävern class with larger 533mm torpedoes.

Modernizations: 1930s, all: + 1 x 1 - 25/55 K/58 M32.

Naval service: Ulven was lost on German minefield 16.4.1943.

Ulven

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