Hajen III-class submarine

Swedish Navy post-WW II submarine class

"Hajen" redirects here. For other uses, see Hajen (Emmerthal) and Amanda Bergman.

HSwMS Hajen.

Class overview
Builders| Kockums
Operators|  Swedish Navy
Preceded by| Neptun-class
Succeeded by| Draken-class
Built| 1953–1960
In commission| 1957–1980
Planned| 6
Completed| 6
Active| 0
Retired| 6
General characteristics
Type| Submarine
Displacement|

* 720 tonnes (Surfaced)
* 900 tonnes submerged

Length| 65.8 m (215 ft 11 in)
Beam| 5.1 m (16 ft 9 in)
Draught| 5.0 m (16 ft 5 in)
Propulsion|

* 2 shaft diesel-electric
* 2 Pielstick Diesels 1,660 hp (1,240 kW)
* 2 ASEA electric motors

Speed|

* 16 kn (30 km/h) surfaced
* 20 kn (37 km/h) submerged

Complement| 44
Armament| 4 × 533 mm Torpedo Tubes (bow, 8 torpedoes)

The Hajen class (Shark class) was a submarine class built by Kockums and used by the Swedish Navy. The design was influenced by the German Type XXI submarine class. A total of 6 submarines were built in 1954-1958 and were kept in service until 1980.[1][2]

The first Hajen class submarine to be built was HSwMS Hajen in 1954, followed by HSwMS Sälen (1955), HSwMS Valen (1955), HSwMS Illern (1957), HSwMS Bävern (1958), and HSwMS Uttern (1958).

## References

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

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

Hajen-class submarines

* Bävern
* Hajen
* Illern
* Sälen
* Uttern
* Valen

* Preceded by: Kust class
* Followed by: Draken class

* List of submarines of the Swedish Navy

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