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Draken-class
The ''Draken'' class (''Dragon'') was a submarine class built for the Swedish Navy from 1960 to 1962. A total of six submarines were delivered. Four of the boats were modernised in 1981–82. The design was a modified version of the with only one shaft with a larger 5-bladed propeller for improved underwater performance and reduced noise. Draken, Vargen, Nordkaparen and Springaren were ordered from Kockums. Gripen and Delfinen were from Karlskrona. These boats were decommissioned 1988-90 and were succeeded by the Sjöormen-class and Näcken-class submarines. The names of the six Draken class are Draken, Gripen, Vargen, Delfinen, Nordkaparen and Springaren. One submarine () was preserved and can today been seen at the Maritiman in Gothenburg Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Swe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HSwMS Draken (1960)
HSwMS ''Draken'' (Dk), Sw. meaning ''The Dragon'', was the lead boat of the ''Draken''-class submarine of the Swedish Navy. 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 Landskrona (old da, Landskrone) is a town in Scania, Sweden. Located on the shores of the Öresund, it occupies a natural port, which has lent the town at first military and subsequent commercial significance. Ferries operate from Landskrona t ... in 1983. Gallery File:Ubåtar D-14969-50.jpg, HSwMS ''Draken'', Vergen, Nordkaparen and U8 In April 1961 References Draken-class submarines Ships built in Malmö 1960 ships {{Sweden-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HSwMS Gripen (1960)
HSwMS ''Gripen'' (Gr), was the second boat of the ''Draken''-class submarine of the Swedish Navy. Construction and career HSwMS ''Gripen'' was launched on 31 May 1960 by Karlskronavarvet, Karlskrona Karlskrona (, , ) is a locality and the seat of Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with a population of 66,675 in 2018. It is also the capital of Blekinge County. Karlskrona is known as Sweden's only baroque city and is host to Swed ... and commissioned on 28 April 1962. She was decommissioned in 1982 and scrapped in 1989. Gallery File:HMS Gripen V21023.jpg, HSwMS ''Gripen'' on 31 May 1960 File:HMS Gripen V21021.jpg File:HMS Gripen MM01571.jpg File:HMS Gripen V21015.jpg References Draken-class submarines Ships built in Karlskrona 1960 ships {{Sweden-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HSwMS Vargen (1960)
HSwMS ''Vargen'' (Vg), Sw. meaning ''The Wolf'', was the second boat of the ''Draken''-class submarine of the Swedish Navy. 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 Gävle () is a city in Sweden, the seat of Gävle Municipality and the capital of Gävleborg County. It had 77,586 inhabitants in 2020, which makes it the 13th most populated city in Sweden. It is the oldest city in the historical Norrland (Swede .... Gallery File:HMS Vargen B33-15.jpg, HSwMS ''Vargen'' File:HMS Vargen MM10407.jpg File:HMS Vargen MM10348.jpg, HSwMS ''Vargen'' in 1967 File:HMS Vargen MM10347.jpg References Draken-class submarines Ships built in Malmö 1960 ships {{Sweden-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HSwMS Delfinen (1961)
HSwMS ''Delfinen'' (De), was the fourth boat of the ''Draken''-class submarine of the Swedish Navy. Construction and career HSwMS ''Delfinen'' was launched on 7 March 1961 by Saab Kockums, Malmö and commissioned on 7 June 1962. She was decommissioned in 1989 and scrapped later in Gävle Gävle () is a city in Sweden, the seat of Gävle Municipality and the capital of Gävleborg County. It had 77,586 inhabitants in 2020, which makes it the 13th most populated city in Sweden. It is the oldest city in the historical Norrland (Swede ... in 1993. Gallery File:HMS Delfinen MM01603.jpg, HSwMS ''Delfinen'' on 7 March 1961 File:HMS Delfinen D-14968.jpg, HSwMS ''Delfinen'' in 1972 File:HMS Delfinen MM06293.jpg, HSwMS ''Delfinen'' in 1982 File:MM06291.jpg References Draken-class submarines Ships built in Malmö 1961 ships {{Sweden-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HSwMS Nordkaparen (1961)
HSwMS ''Nordkaparen'' (Nor), was the fifth boat of the ''Draken''-class submarine of the Swedish Navy. Construction and career HSwMS ''Nordkaparen'' was launched on 8 March 1961 by Saab Kockums, Malmö and commissioned on 4 April 1962. On 18 September 1980, ''Nordkaparen'' was extremely close to colliding with a foreign submarine between Utö and Huvudskär. During a speed test, ''Nordkaparen'' operated together with one of the navy's helicopters for anti-submarine warfare. This had its hydrophone immersed in the water. Just as the submarine was about to begin testing, ''Nordkaparen'' was called by the helicopter, which wondered if there were two submarines that would perform speed tests. The submarine replied that it was alone and stepped to the surface for safety reasons. Just as ''Nordkaparen'' broke the water surface, a submarine passed under the keel of the Swedish submarine by a margin of a few decimetres. The incident was followed by a two-week submarine hunt. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HSwMS Springaren (1961)
HSwMS ''Springaren'' (Sp), was the sixth boat of the ''Draken''-class submarine of the Swedish Navy. Construction and career HSwMS ''Springaren'' was launched on 31 August 1961 by Saab Kockums, Malmö and commissioned on 7 November 1962. On September 24, 1980, ''Springaren'' was extremely close to colliding with an unknown submarine east of Huvudskär. During an exercise, she operated together with one of the Navy's anti-submarine helicopters. The hydrophone operator on ''Springaren'' reads a hydrophone effect. It sounds like a rattling moped at high speed. The connecting helicopters also detect the visitor, and immediately classify it as a submarine. The incident was followed by a two-week submarine hunt. She was decommissioned on 1 October 1987 and later scrapped in Muskö Muskö is an island in the southern part of Stockholm archipelago, which forms part of Haninge Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden. It is best known for the Muskö naval base. There are also tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maritiman
Maritiman is a floating maritime museum on the Göta Älv, in Gothenburg Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has ..., Sweden. The museum's collection comprises 19 vessels, the oldest being HSwMS ''Sölve'' from 1875. The collection All of the vessels are afloat on the river. The collection includes: *Cargo ship Fryken * HSwMS Småland, Halland class destroyer *ESAB IV *Flodsprutan II *Gothenburg barge * Lightship Fladen *HSwMS Kalmarsund, Minelaying vessel * Monitor Sölve *Port ferry Dan Broström *Port towboat Stormprincess * HSwMS Nordkaparen, Draken-class *Towboat Herkules * HSwMS Hugin, Hugin-class patrol boat See also * , another a maritime museum in Göteborg External linksOfficial website 1985 establishments in Sweden Maritime museums in Sweden Museums est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kockums
Saab Kockums AB is a shipyard headquartered in Malmö, Sweden, owned by the Swedish defence company Saab Group. Saab Kockums AB is further operational in Muskö, Docksta, and Karlskrona. While having a history of civil vessel construction, Kockums' most renowned activity is the fabrication of military corvettes and submarines. Kockums worked with Northrop Grumman and Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) to offer a ''Visby''-class corvette derivative in the American Focused Mission Vessel Study, a precursor to the Littoral Combat Ship program. It competed with several other concepts, including Norway's Skjold class (part of a Raytheon led group). History Kockums during the 19th century During the 1820:s the Kockums family established themselves as businesspeople in Malmö. Frans Henrik Kockum built a large fortune through an investment in tobacco production. Thanks to this he was able to purchase a large part of land 1838 south of Malmö, and between 1840 and 1841 he erect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Navy
The Swedish Navy ( sv, Svenska marinen) is the naval branch of the Swedish Armed Forces. It is composed of surface and submarine naval units – the Fleet () – as well as marine units, the Amphibious Corps (). In Swedish, vessels of the Swedish Navy are given the prefix "HMS", short for (His/Her Majesty's Ship). In English, this is sometimes changed to "HSwMS" ("His Swedish Majesty's Ship") to differentiate Swedish vessels from those of the British Royal Navy. Founded under King Gustav I in 1522, the Swedish navy is one of the oldest continuously serving navies in the world, celebrating its 500th anniversary in 2022. History Early Swedish kings ( 9th–14th centuries) organised a Swedish Navy along the coastline through . This involved combined rowing and sailing ships (without artillery). This system became obsolete with the development of society and changes in military technology. No later than in the 14th century, the duty to serve in was replaced by a tax ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kockums Naval Solutions
Saab Kockums AB is a shipyard headquartered in Malmö, Sweden, owned by the Swedish defence company Saab Group. Saab Kockums AB is further operational in Muskö, Docksta, and Karlskrona. While having a history of civil vessel construction, Kockums' most renowned activity is the fabrication of military corvettes and submarines. Kockums worked with Northrop Grumman and Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) to offer a ''Visby''-class corvette derivative in the American Focused Mission Vessel Study, a precursor to the Littoral Combat Ship program. It competed with several other concepts, including Norway's Skjold class (part of a Raytheon led group). History Kockums during the 19th century During the 1820:s the Kockums family established themselves as businesspeople in Malmö. Frans Henrik Kockum built a large fortune through an investment in tobacco production. Thanks to this he was able to purchase a large part of land 1838 south of Malmö, and between 1840 and 1841 he erecte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karlskrona
Karlskrona (, , ) is a locality and the seat of Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with a population of 66,675 in 2018. It is also the capital of Blekinge County. Karlskrona is known as Sweden's only baroque city and is host to Sweden's largest naval base and the headquarters of the Swedish Coast Guard. Historically, the city has been home to a German minority, thus enabling the formation of a German Congregational church. It also counted Jewish people in its population. In 1998, parts of the city, including the Karlskrona naval base, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. History The island on which Karlskrona was built, Trossö, was owned during the 17th century by the farmer Vittus Andersson. Under Danish rule, there was another, older town called Lyckå on the mainland a couple of kilometers away. A little further away, the Danes had started to build Kristianopel before Blekinge fell under Swedish rule in 1658. Until 1679, the island and the nearby isl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sjöormen-class Submarine
The ''Sjöormen'' class (''Sea serpent'') was a class of submarines built for the Swedish Navy in the late 1960s. They had a teardrop hull shape and were capable of diving to . At the time of their deployment they were regarded as one of the most advanced non-nuclear submarine-classes in the world, incorporating many new features including x-rudder and anechoic tiles. Both speed and underwater endurance was at this time very high for a conventional submarine. The submarines were retired by Sweden in the early 1990s. In the late 1990s, four submarines were acquired by the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) and relaunched as the following modernisation and tropicalisation. Description As built, the ''Sjöormen'' class were designed with a teardrop hull shape, based on the United States' . They had bow planes on the sail and their stern diving planes were configured in a x-shape. They had a standard displacement of and when dived. The submarines had a waterline length of and a le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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