HSwMS Vargen (1960)

For other ships with the same name, see HSwMS Vargen.
HSwMS Vargen
History
Sweden
NameVargen
NamesakeVargen
BuilderSaab Kockums
Launched20 May 1960
Commissioned15 November 1961
Decommissioned1989
Identification
  • Vg
  • Vgn
Motto
  • Lupus primus inter pares
  • (The foremost wolf among equals)
FateScrapped, 1989
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 Vargen (Vg), Sw. meaning The Wolf, was the second 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.