Engineering:Draken-class submarine
 HSwMS Draken in 1962.
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| Class overview | |
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| Builders: | Kockums |
| Operators: |
 Swedish Navy |
| Preceded by: | Hajen-class |
| Succeeded by: | Sjöormen-class |
| Built: | 1957-1962 |
| In commission: | 1962-1988 |
| Planned: | 6 |
| Completed: | 6 |
| Active: | 0 |
| Retired: | 6 |
| Preserved: | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | 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) |
The Draken class (Dragon) was a submarine class built for the Swedish Navy from 1960 to 1962. A total of six submarines were delivered. Four of the boats were modernised in 1981–82. The design was a modified version of the Hajen-class with only one shaft with a larger 5-bladed propeller for improved underwater performance and reduced noise. Draken, Vargen, Nordkaparen and Springaren were ordered from Kockums. Gripen and Delfinen were from Karlskrona. These boats were decommissioned 1988-90 and were succeeded by the Sjöormen-class and Näcken-class submarines.
The names of the six Draken class are Draken, Gripen, Vargen, Delfinen, Nordkaparen and Springaren.
One submarine (Script error: The function "ship_prefix_templates" does not exist.) was preserved and can today been seen at the Maritiman in Gothenburg.[1][2]
References
- Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995
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