Engineering:Neptun-class submarine
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Neptun-class |
| Builders: | Kockums |
| Operators: |
 Swedish Navy |
| Preceded by: | Sjölejonet class |
| Succeeded by: | Hajen class |
| Built: | 1942-43 |
| Planned: | 3 |
| Completed: | 3 |
| Retired: | 3 |
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| Type: | Submarine |
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| Length: | 62.6 m (205 ft 5 in) |
| Beam: | 6.4 m (21 ft 0 in) |
| Draught: | 3.4 m (11 ft 2 in) |
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| Complement: | 35 |
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The Neptun-class submarine was a Swedish submarine class built by Kockums. The first submarine was launched in 1942 and a total of three submarines were built: HSwMS Neptun, HSwMS Najad and HSwMS Nacken. The class was decommissioned in 1966.[1][2]
Ships
| Name | Marking | Laid Down[3] | Launched[3] | Commissioned[3] | Fate[4] |
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| Näcken | Nä | November 1941 | 26 September 1942 | March 1943 | Stricken 1 April 1966. Sold for scrap November 1970 |
| Najad | Nj | February 1942 | 26 September 1942 | May 1943 | Stricken 1 April 1966. Sold for scrap November 1970 |
| Neptun | Np | March 1942 | 17 November 1942 | June 1943 | Stricken 1 April 1966. Sold for scrap November 1970 |
Citations
- ↑ "Submarines, Svenska ubåtar (1883-1998), Jan-Erik Thoft". Archived from the original on 2011-10-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20111007195548/http://www.submarines.se/index-1.htm. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
- ↑ "Kockums - 404". http://www.kockums.se/pdf/modellserien.pdf.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Blackman 1970, p. 274.
- ↑ Gardiner and Gray 1985, p. 374.
References
- Blackman, Raymond V.B. (1960). Jane's Fighting Ships 1960–61. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd.
- Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Conway Maritime Press. 1980. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
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