similar Illern 1940
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Valen | Va | 294 | Örlogsvarvet Karlskrona | 1923 | 5.5.1925 | 9.1925 | stricken 10.1944 |
|
Displacement standard, t |
501 / |
|
Displacement normal, t |
548 / 730 |
|
Length, m |
57.1 |
|
Breadth, m |
7.10 |
|
Draught, m |
3.10 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 Atlas diesels / 2 electric motors |
|
Power, h. p. |
1340 / 700 |
|
Max speed, kts |
14.8 / 7.4 |
|
Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 3000(14) / 54(6) |
|
Armament |
1 x 1 - 75/49 K/50 M12, 4 - 450 TT (bow, 8), 20 mines |
|
Complement |
31 |
| Diving depth operational, m | 60? |
Project history: First minelaying submarine of Swedish navy. Design was made on the basis of drawings of Bävern class submarines. Normand-Fenaux minelaying system was used. It consisted of 10 vertical trunks, in each of which two mines were stored. Trunks placed in external ballast tanks between pressure and light hullls.
Modernizations: 1930s: + 1 x 1 - 25/55 K/58 M32.
Naval service: no significant events.
Valen 1935
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
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