Hajen III-class submarine

"Hajen" redirects here. For other uses, see Hajen (Emmerthal) and Amanda Bergman.

The Hajen class (Shark class) was a submarine class built by Kockums and used by the Swedish Navy. The design was influenced by the German Type XXI submarine class. A total of 6 submarines were built in 1954-1958 and were kept in service until 1980.^[1][2]

HSwMS Hajen.
Class overview
Builders	Kockums
Operators	Swedish Navy
Preceded by	Neptun-class
Succeeded by	Draken-class
Built	1953–1960
In commission	1957–1980
Planned	6
Completed	6
Active	0
Retired	6
General characteristics
Type	Submarine
Displacement	720 tonnes (Surfaced) 900 tonnes submerged
Length	65.8 m (215 ft 11 in)
Beam	5.1 m (16 ft 9 in)
Draught	5.0 m (16 ft 5 in)
Propulsion	2 shaft diesel-electric 2 Pielstick Diesels 1,660 hp (1,240 kW) 2 ASEA electric motors
Speed	16 kn (30 km/h) surfaced 20 kn (37 km/h) submerged
Complement	44
Armament	4 × 533 mm Torpedo Tubes (bow, 8 torpedoes)

The first Hajen class submarine to be built was HSwMS Hajen in 1954, followed by HSwMS Sälen (1955), HSwMS Valen (1955), HSwMS Illern (1957), HSwMS Bävern (1958), and HSwMS Uttern (1958).