HSwMS Älvsnabben

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.

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
Badge
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

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