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SWEDISH NAVY (SWEDEN)

SUBMARINES

HAJEN submarines (1957-1960)

Hajen 1965

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Hajen Hj, Haj 383 Kockums, Malmö 1953 11.12.1954 28.2.1957 stricken 7.1980
Sälen Sä, Säl 384 Kockums, Malmö 1953 3.10.1955 8.4.1957 stricken 7.1980
Valen Val 332 Örlogsvarv Karlskrona 1953 21.4.1955 4.3.1957 stricken 7.1980
Bävern Bäv 409 Kockums, Malmö 1955 3.2.1958 29.5.1959 stricken 7.1980
Illern In, Iln 334/410 Örlogsvarv Karlskrona // Kockums, Malmö 1955 14.11.1957 31.8.1959 stricken 7.1980
Uttern Utn 411 Kockums, Malmö 1955 14.11.1958 15.3.1960 stricken 7.1980

Displacement standard, t

720

Displacement normal, t

785 / 900

Length, m

64.5 wl 66.0 oa

Breadth, m

5.10

Draught, m

5.00

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Pielstick diesels / 2 ASEA electric motors

Power, h. p.

1660 / 2300

Max speed, kts

16 / 20

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

4 - 533 TT (bow, 8), mines

Electronic equipment radar, sonar

Complement

44

Diving depth operational, m 150

Project history: First three were voted in 1949; last three in 1952. Swedish design derived from German U3503, a type XXI submarine sunk by own crew outside Göteborg 8.5.1945, and salvaged by the Swedish Navy.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Hajen 1970

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

© Ivan Gogin, 2015