Hajen-class submarine of the Swedish Navy
![]() HSwMS Sälen
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| History |
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 Sweden |
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| Name | Sälen |
| Namesake | Sälen |
| Builder | Saab Kockums |
| Laid down | 1953 |
| Launched | 3 October 1955 |
| Commissioned | 8 April 1957 |
| Decommissioned | 1 July 1980 |
| Identification | |
| Motto |
- Pulchritudo Alque Robur
- (Beauty And Strength)
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| Fate | Scrapped, 1990 |
| General characteristics |
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| Class and type | Hajen-class submarine |
| Displacement |
- 720 t (709 long tons), surfaced
- 900 t (886 long tons), submerged)
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| Length | 65.8 m (216 ft) |
| Beam | 5.1 m (17 ft) |
| Draught | 5.0 m (16.4 ft) |
| Propulsion |
- 2 shaft diesel-electric
- 2 Pielstick Diesels 1660 hp
- 2 ASEA electric motors
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| Speed |
- 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) surfaced
- 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) submerged
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| Complement | 44 |
| Armament | 4 × 533mm Torpedo Tubes (bow, 8 torpedoes) |
HSwMS Sälen (Sä), (Swedish for "The seal") was the second Hajen-class submarine of the Swedish Navy.[1]
Construction and career
HSwMS Sälen was launched on 3 October 1955 by Saab Kockums, Malmö and commissioned on 8 April 1957.
She was decommissioned on 1 July 1980 and later scrapped in Gävle in 1990.[2]
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