HSwMS Draken (1960)

For other ships with the same name, see HSwMS Draken.

HSwMS Draken (Dk), Sw. meaning The Dragon, was the lead boat of the Draken-class submarine of the Swedish Navy.^[1]

HSwMS Draken in 1961
History
Sweden
Name	Draken
Namesake	Draken
Builder	Saab Kockums
Launched	1 April 1960
Commissioned	4 April 1962
Decommissioned	1982
Identification	Dk Dra
Fate	Scrapped, 1983
General characteristics
Class & type	Draken-class submarine
Displacement	770 t (758 long tons), surfaced 950 t (935 long tons), submerged
Length	69.3 m (227 ft)
Beam	5.1 m (17 ft)
Draught	5.3 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
Complement	36
Armament	4 × 533mm torpedo tubes(bow, 12 torpedoes)

Construction and career

HSwMS Draken was launched on 1 April 1960 by Saab Kockums, Malmö and commissioned on 4 April 1962. She became the first Swedish submarine (but the only one in the class) to be fitted with a rubber-coated hull to reduce the surface area for active sonar detection.

She was decommissioned in 1982 and scrapped in Landskrona in 1983.^[2]

Gallery

• HSwMS Draken
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  HSwMS Draken, Vergen, Nordkaparen and U8 In April 1961