HSwMS Älvsnabben

HSwMS Älvsnabben
History
Sweden
Name	Älvsnabben
Launched	19 January 1943
Acquired	1943
Out of service	30 June 1982
Reclassified	Cadet training vessel
Identification	Pennant number: M01
Fate	Broken up in Karlskrona
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General characteristics
Class and type	Minelayer
Length	96.8 m (317 ft 7 in)/102.0 m (334 ft 8 in)
Beam	13.5 m (44 ft 3 in)
Draught	5.8 m (19 ft 0 in)
Installed power	3,000 hp (2,200 kW)
Propulsion	1 × Burmeister & Wain diesel Single shaft
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Crew	265
Armament	4 × 6-inch guns (not used in later years) 8 × 40 mm Bofors 6 × 20 mm Depth charges 380 mines

HSwMS Älvsnabben (M01) was a minelayer of the Swedish Navy. She was built as a freighter, but was requisitioned by the Swedish Navy in 1943.

A single screw and good fuel economy meant that she was used as the cadet training vessel of the Swedish Navy for a number of years, and she travelled the globe multiple times.

Captains

• 1949–1951: Fredrik Taube
• 1951–1952: Magnus Starck
• 1953–1954: Oscar Krokstedt
• 1954–1955: Willy Edenberg
• 1956–1957: Anders Nilsson
• 1957–1957: Bengt Lundvall
• 1957–1958: Fredrik Taube
• 1958–1959: Gunnar Norström
• 1959–1960: B. Hedlund
• 1961–1962: Yngve Rollof
• 1962–1963: Ulf Eklind
• 1963–1964: K.K. Berggren
• 1964–1965: Anders Låftman
• 1965–1966: Nils Rydström
• 1966–1967: Lennart Lindgren
• 1967–1968: Lennart Ahrén
• 1968–1968: Christer Fredholm
• 1968–1969: Bengt Odin
• 1969–1969: Christer Fredholm
• 1969–1970: Per Broman
• 1970–1971: Victor Tornérhjelm
• 1971–1972: Torsten Malm
• 1972–1973: Rolf Nerpin
• 1973–1974: K. Ekman
• 1974–1975: Hans Tynnerström
• 1975–1976: Nils Hellström
• 1976–1977: Ulf Samuelsson
• 1977–1978: Bertil Daggfeldt
• 1978–1979: Roderick Klintebo
• 1979–1980: Carl-Gustaf Hammarskjöld

References

• (in Swedish) Örlogsfartyg (Swedish naval Vessels); 2003.
• (in Swedish) Örlogsfartyg - Svenska maskindrivna fartyg under tretungad flagg 2003. ISBN 91-974384-3-X