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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 HSwMS Najad in dry dock on 25 February 2014. |
| History |
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 Sweden |
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| 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 |
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| Class & type | Näcken-class submarine |
| Displacement |
- 980 tonnes (960 long tons) surfaced
- 1,150 tonnes (1,130 long tons) submerged
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| 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 | |
| Speed |
- 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) surfaced
- 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) submerged
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| 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
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