HSwMS Springaren (1961)

For other ships with the same name, see HSwMS Springaren.
HSwMS Springaren
History
Sweden
NameSpringaren
NamesakeSpringaren
BuilderSaab Kockums
Launched31 August 1961
Commissioned7 November 1962
Decommissioned1 October 1987
Identification
  • Sp
  • Spr
Motto
  • Vade Retro Audaces Fortuna Juvat
  • (Fold Here! Happiness Stands The Bold Bee)
FateScrapped, 1999
General characteristics
Class and typeDraken-class submarine
Displacement
  • 770 t (758 long tons), surfaced
  • 950 t (935 long tons), submerged
Length69.3 m (227 ft)
Beam5.1 m (17 ft)
Draught5.3 m (17 ft)
Propulsion
  • 1 shaft diesel-electric
  • 2 Pielstick Diesels 1660 hp
  • 2 ASEA electric motors
Speed
  • 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) surfaced
  • 22 knots submerged
Complement36
Armament4 × 533mm torpedo tubes(bow, 12 torpedoes)

HSwMS Springaren (Sp), was the sixth boat of the Draken-class submarine of the Swedish Navy.[1]

  1. ^ Klintebo, Roderick (2004). Det svenska ubåtsvapnet 1904–2004. Stockholm: Literatim. ISBN 91-973075-3-X.