HSwMS Draken (1960)

HSwMS Draken (Dk), Sw. meaning The Dragon, was the lead boat of the Draken-class submarine of the Swedish Navy.[1]

For other ships with the same name, see HSwMS Draken.
HSwMS Draken in 1961
History
Sweden
NameDraken
NamesakeDraken
BuilderSaab Kockums
Launched1 April 1960
Commissioned4 April 1962
Decommissioned1982
Identification
  • Dk
  • Dra
FateScrapped, 1983
General characteristics
Class and typeDraken-class submarine
Displacement
  • 770 t (758 long tons), surfaced
  • 950 t (935 long tons), submerged
Length69.3 m (227 ft)
Beam5.1 m (17 ft)
Draught5.3 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
Complement36
Armament4 × 533mm torpedo tubes(bow, 12 torpedoes)

Construction and career

HSwMS Draken was launched on 1 April 1960 by Saab Kockums, Malmö and commissioned on 4 April 1962. She became the first Swedish submarine (but the only one in the class) to be fitted with a rubber-coated hull to reduce the surface area for active sonar detection.

She was decommissioned in 1982 and scrapped in Landskrona in 1983.[2]

References
  1. Klintebo, Roderick (2004). Det svenska ubåtsvapnet 1904–2004. Stockholm: Literatim. ISBN 91-973075-3-X.
  2. von Hofsten, Gustaf; Waernberg, Jan (2003). Svenskt Militärhistoriskt Bibl. Stockholm: Örlogsfartyg. ISBN 91-9731873-6.


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