Draken-class submarine of the Swedish Navy
![]() HSwMS Delfinen
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| History |
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 Sweden |
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| Name | Delfinen |
| Namesake | Delfinen |
| Builder | Saab Kockums |
| Launched | 7 March 1961 |
| Commissioned | 7 June 1962 |
| Decommissioned | 1989 |
| Identification | |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1993 |
| General characteristics |
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| Class and type | Draken-class submarine |
| Displacement |
- 770 t (758 long tons), surfaced
- 950 t (935 long tons), submerged
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| Length | 69.3 m (227 ft) |
| Beam | 5.1 m (17 ft) |
| Draught | 5.3 m (17 ft) |
| Propulsion |
- 1 shaft diesel-electric
- 2 Pielstick Diesels 1660 hp
- 2 ASEA electric motors
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| Speed |
- 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) surfaced
- 22 knots submerged
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| Complement | 36 |
| Armament | 4 × 533mm torpedo tubes(bow, 12 torpedoes) |
HSwMS Delfinen (De), was the fourth boat of the Draken-class submarine of the Swedish Navy.[1]
Construction and career
HSwMS Delfinen was launched on 7 March 1961 by Saab Kockums, Malmö and commissioned on 7 June 1962.
She was decommissioned in 1989 and scrapped later in Gävle in 1993.[2]
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