HSwMS Najad (1979)

	HSwMS Najad in dry dock on 25 February 2014.
History
Sweden
Name	HSwMS Najad
Ordered	1976
Builder	Kockums, Malmö
Launched	13 August 1979
Commissioned	26 June 1981
Decommissioned	1998
Motto	Robur et forma ("Strength and beauty")
Nickname(s)	Nad
Fate	Scrapped, 2015
General characteristics
Class & type	Näcken-class submarine
Displacement	980 tonnes (960 long tons) surfaced; 1,150 tonnes (1,130 long tons) submerged;
Length	49.5 m (162 ft 5 in)
Beam	5.7 m (18 ft 8 in)
Draught	5.5 m (18 ft 1 in)
Depth	300 m (980 ft)
Propulsion	2 × MTU diesel engines; 1 × Jeumont-Schneider electric motor; 2 shaft;
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) surfaced; 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) submerged;
Test depth	150 m (490 ft)
Complement	19 (5 officers)
Sensors &; processing systems	FAS
Armament	6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes; 2 × 400 mm (16 in) torpedo tubes; Mines;

HSwMS Najad is the lead ship of her class of submarine for the Swedish Navy, project name A14.^[1] She was launched at the Kockums shipyard in Malmö, Sweden, on 13 August 1979, and completed and commissioned into the Swedish Navy on 26 June 1981.^[2]^[3]^[4]

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