URF (Swedish Navy)

URF loaded onto HMS Belos
URF loaded onto HMS Belos
History
Sweden
NameURF
Ordered1972
BuilderShipyard Kockums, Sweden
Launched1978
CommissionedAugust 1978
General characteristics
Displacement54 tonnes
Length13.9m
Beam3.2m
Complement
  • 2 Pilots
  • 1 Engineer
  • 1 Rescue room Operator
Notes
  • Maximum operating depth: 450m msw
  • Maximum angle for mating to a submarine:
  • 45 degrees in all directions

URF (Ubåtsräddningsfarkost – Submarine Rescue Vessel) is the Royal Swedish Navy’s Submarine Rescue Vessel.[1]

  1. ^ Marine Technology Society Journal. Marine Technology Society. 1978. pp. 8–12.