HSwMS Springaren (Sp), was the sixth boat of the Draken-class submarine of the Swedish Navy.[1]
 HSwMS Springaren
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| Name | Springaren |
| Namesake | Springaren |
| Builder | Saab Kockums |
| Launched | 31 August 1961 |
| Commissioned | 7 November 1962 |
| Decommissioned | 1 October 1987 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Scrapped, 1999 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Draken-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 69.3 m (227 ft) |
| Beam | 5.1 m (17 ft) |
| Draught | 5.3 m (17 ft) |
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| Complement | 36 |
| Armament | 4 × 533mm torpedo tubes(bow, 12 torpedoes) |
Construction and career
editHSwMS Springaren was launched on 31 August 1961 by Saab Kockums, Malmö and commissioned on 7 November 1962.
On September 24, 1980, Springaren was extremely close to colliding with an unknown submarine east of Huvudskär. During an exercise, she operated together with one of the Navy's anti-submarine helicopters. The hydrophone operator on Springaren reads a hydrophone effect. It sounds like a rattling moped at high speed. The connecting helicopters also detect the visitor, and immediately classify it as a submarine.[2] The incident was followed by a two-week submarine hunt.
She was decommissioned on 1 October 1987 and later scrapped in Muskö in 1999.[3]
Gallery
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HSwMS Springaren in 1962 -
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HSwMS Springaren in 1963
References
edit- ^ Klintebo, Roderick (2004). Det svenska ubåtsvapnet 1904–2004. Stockholm: Literatim. ISBN 91-973075-3-X.
- ^ Hellberg, Anders; Jörle, Anders (1984). Ubåt 137 – Tio dagar som skakade Sverige. Atlantis. p. 30. ISBN 91-7486-335-5.
- ^ von Hofsten, Gustaf; Waernberg, Jan (2003). Svenskt Militärhistoriskt Bibl. Stockholm: Örlogsfartyg. ISBN 91-9731873-6.
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