HSwMS Uttern (1958)

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

HSwMS Uttern (Ut) (Swedish for "The otter") was the sixth Hajen-class submarine of the Swedish Navy.^[1]

HSwMS Uttern in 1962
History
Sweden
Name	Uttern
Namesake	Uttern
Builder	Saab Kockums
Launched	14 November 1958
Commissioned	15 March 1960
Decommissioned	1 July 1980
Identification	Ut Utn
Fate	Scrapped, 1981
General characteristics
Class & type	Hajen-class submarine
Displacement	720 t (709 long tons), surfaced 900 t (886 long tons), submerged)
Length	65.8 m (216 ft)
Beam	5.1 m (17 ft)
Draught	5.0 m (16.4 ft)
Propulsion	2 shaft diesel-electric 2 Pielstick Diesels 1660 hp 2 ASEA electric motors
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) surfaced 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) submerged
Complement	44
Armament	4 × 533mm Torpedo Tubes (bow, 8 torpedoes)

Construction and career

HSwMS Uttern was launched on 14 November 1958 by Saab Kockums, Karlskrona and commissioned on 15 March 1960.

She was decommissioned on 1 July 1980 and later sold for scrap in Odense in 1981.^[2]

Gallery

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  HSwMS Uttern on 14 November 1958
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