HSwMS ''Draken'' (Dk), Sw. meaning ''The Dragon'', was the

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of the ''Draken''-class

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of the

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Construction and career

HSwMS ''Draken'' was launched on 1 April 1960 by

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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

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detection. She was decommissioned in 1982 and scrapped in

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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