HSwMS Älvsnabben (M01)

HSwMS Älvsnabben (M01) was a minelayer of the Swedish Navy. She was built as a freighter, but was requisitioned by the Swedish Navy in 1943.

HSwMS Älvsnabben
History
Sweden
NameÄlvsnabben
Launched19 January 1943
Acquired1943
Out of service30 June 1982
ReclassifiedCadet training vessel
IdentificationPennant number: M01
FateBroken up in Karlskrona
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General characteristics
Class and typeMinelayer
Length96.8 m (317 ft 7 in)/102.0 m (334 ft 8 in)
Beam13.5 m (44 ft 3 in)
Draught5.8 m (19 ft 0 in)
Installed power3,000 hp (2,200 kW)
Propulsion
  • 1 × Burmeister & Wain diesel
  • Single shaft
Speed14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Crew265
Armament
  • 4 × 6-inch guns (not used in later years)
  • 8 × 40 mm Bofors
  • 6 × 20 mm
  • Depth charges
  • 380 mines

A single screw and good fuel economy meant that she was used as the cadet training vessel of the Swedish Navy for a number of years, and she travelled the globe multiple times.

Captains
  • 1949–1951: Fredrik Taube
  • 1951–1952: Magnus Starck
  • 1953–1954: Oscar Krokstedt
  • 1954–1955: Willy Edenberg
  • 1956–1957: Anders Nilsson
  • 1957–1957: Bengt Lundvall
  • 1957–1958: Fredrik Taube
  • 1958–1959: Gunnar Norström
  • 1959–1960: B. Hedlund
  • 1961–1962: Yngve Rollof
  • 1962–1963: Ulf Eklind
  • 1963–1964: K.K. Berggren
  • 1964–1965: Anders Låftman
  • 1965–1966: Nils Rydström
  • 1966–1967: Lennart Lindgren
  • 1967–1968: Lennart Ahrén
  • 1968–1968: Christer Fredholm
  • 1968–1969: Bengt Odin
  • 1969–1969: Christer Fredholm
  • 1969–1970: Per Broman
  • 1970–1971: Victor Tornérhjelm
  • 1971–1972: Torsten Malm
  • 1972–1973: Rolf Nerpin
  • 1973–1974: K. Ekman
  • 1974–1975: Hans Tynnerström
  • 1975–1976: Nils Hellström
  • 1976–1977: Ulf Samuelsson
  • 1977–1978: Bertil Daggfeldt
  • 1978–1979: Roderick Klintebo
  • 1979–1980: Carl-Gustaf Hammarskjöld

References
  • (in Swedish) Örlogsfartyg (Swedish naval Vessels); 2003.
  • (in Swedish) Örlogsfartyg - Svenska maskindrivna fartyg under tretungad flagg 2003. ISBN 91-974384-3-X
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