HSwMS Springaren (1961)

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

HSwMS Springaren (Sp), was the sixth boat of the Draken-class submarine of the Swedish Navy.^[1]

HSwMS Springaren
History
Sweden
Name	Springaren
Namesake	Springaren
Builder	Saab Kockums
Launched	31 August 1961
Commissioned	7 November 1962
Decommissioned	1 October 1987
Identification	Sp Spr
Motto	Vade Retro Audaces Fortuna Juvat (Fold Here! Happiness Stands The Bold Bee)
Fate	Scrapped, 1999
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 Springaren was launched on 31 August 1961 by Saab Kockums, Malmö and commissioned on 7 November 1962.

On September 24, 1980, Springaren was extremely close to colliding with an unknown submarine east of Huvudskär. During an exercise, she operated together with one of the Navy's anti-submarine helicopters. The hydrophone operator on Springaren reads a hydrophone effect. It sounds like a rattling moped at high speed. The connecting helicopters also detect the visitor, and immediately classify it as a submarine.^[2] The incident was followed by a two-week submarine hunt.

She was decommissioned on 1 October 1987 and later scrapped in Muskö in 1999.^[3]

Gallery

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  HSwMS Springaren in 1962
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  HSwMS Springaren in 1963