HSwMS Vargen (1960)

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

HSwMS Vargen (Vg), Sw. meaning The Wolf, was the second boat of the Draken-class submarine of the Swedish Navy.^[1]

HSwMS Vargen
History
Sweden
Name	Vargen
Namesake	Vargen
Builder	Saab Kockums
Launched	20 May 1960
Commissioned	15 November 1961
Decommissioned	1989
Identification	Vg Vgn
Motto	Lupus primus inter pares (The foremost wolf among equals)
Fate	Scrapped, 1989
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 Vargen was launched on 20 May 1960 by Saab Kockums, Malmö and commissioned on 15 November 1961.

She was decommissioned in 1989 and scrapped later in Gävle.^[2]

Gallery

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  HSwMS Vargen
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  HSwMS Vargen in 1967
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