Draken II-class submarine

HSwMS Draken in 1962.

Class overview
Builders| Kockums
Operators|  Swedish Navy
Preceded by| Hajen-class
Succeeded by| Sjöormen-class
Built| 1957-1962
In commission| 1962-1988
Planned| 6
Completed| 6
Active| 0
Retired| 6
Preserved| 1
General characteristics
Type| Submarine
Displacement|

* 770 tonnes (Surfaced)
* 950 tonnes submerged

Length| 69.3 m (227 ft)
Beam| 5.1 m (17 ft)
Draught| 5.3 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

Complement| 36
Armament| 4 × 533mm torpedo tubes(bow, 12 torpedoes)

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 Hajen-class 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.

One submarine, HSwMS Nordkaparen, was preserved and can today been seen at the Maritiman in Gothenburg.[1][2]

## References

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* Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995

1. ^ "Untitled Document".
2. ^ "Submarines, Svenska ubåtar (1883-1998), Jan-Erik Thoft". www.submarines.se. Archived from the original on 2011-10-07.

Draken-class submarines

* Delfinen
* Draken
* Gripen
* Nordkaparen
* Springaren
* Vargen

* Preceded by: Hajen class
* Followed by: Sjöormen class

* List of submarines of the Swedish Navy

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