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HDMS ''Sælen'' (S323) (or KDM ''Sælen'' ) is one of the three ''Tumleren''-class small
After her return from the Persian Gulf, ''Sælen'' was decommissioned and handed over to the Royal Danish Naval Museum. ''Sælen'' is now on the hard at the old navy headquarters at Holmen in central Copenhagen where she is open to visitors.
coastal submarine
A coastal submarine or littoral submarine is a small, maneuverable submarine with shallow draft well suited to navigation of coastal channels and harbors. Although size is not precisely defined, coastal submarines are larger than midget submarine ...
s of the Royal Danish Navy.
History
She was built as a Type 207 submarine by Rheinstahl-Nordseewerke of Emden, Germany in 1965 for the Royal Norwegian Navy and served for 25 years as HNoMS ''Uthaug'' before being purchased by Denmark in 1990, and renamed after the seal. Her international call sign is OUCJ. On 4 December 1990, ''Sælen'' sank in the Kattegat offHesselø
Hesselø is a small island of Denmark, belonging to Halsnæs Municipality, in Region Hovedstaden. The island is situated in the Kattegat, about 25 nautical miles east of Grenaa on Jutland and 15 nautical miles northwest of Zealand Sjælland, it has ...
while being towed from Copenhagen to Aarhus
Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and approximately northwest ...
. On 17 December, she was raised by the German floating crane ''Roland'' and taken to Aarhus
Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and approximately northwest ...
for repair. On 10 August 1993, diving approval was issued and the boat was recommissioned.
''Sælen'' served in the 2003 invasion of Iraq
The 2003 invasion of Iraq was a United States-led invasion of the Republic of Iraq and the first stage of the Iraq War. The invasion phase began on 19 March 2003 (air) and 20 March 2003 (ground) and lasted just over one month, including 26 ...
from May 2002 until June 2003. To speed her return to her homeport of Frederikshavn after 385 days of deployment in the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf, she was transported on board the heavy-lift ship ''Grietje''.
Museum ship
After her return from the Persian Gulf, ''Sælen'' was decommissioned and handed over to the Royal Danish Naval Museum. ''Sælen'' is now on the hard at the old navy headquarters at Holmen in central Copenhagen where she is open to visitors.
See also
* *List of submarine museums
This is a list of museums that include submarines that can either be toured or viewed on display.
Australia
Brazil
* – Navy Cultural Centre in Rio de Janeiro – ''Oberon''-class, Launched in 1975, decommissioned 1997.
Canada
C ...
References
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