Neptun-class submarine
Class overview | |
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Name | Neptun-class |
Builders | Kockums |
Operators | ![]() |
Preceded by | Sjölejonet class |
Succeeded by | Hajen class |
Built | 1942-43 |
Planned | 3 |
Completed | 3 |
Retired | 3 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 62.6 m (205 ft 5 in) |
Beam | 6.4 m (21 ft 0 in) |
Draught | 3.4 m (11 ft 2 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed |
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Complement | 35 |
Armament |
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The Neptun-class submarine was a Swedish submarine class built by Kockums. The first submarine was launched in 1942 and a total of three submarines were built: HSwMS Neptun, HSwMS Najad and HSwMS Nacken. The class was decommissioned in 1966.[1][2]
Ships
[edit]Name | Marking | Laid Down[3] | Launched[3] | Commissioned[3] | Fate[4] |
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Näcken | Nä | November 1941 | 26 September 1942 | March 1943 | Stricken 1 April 1966. Sold for scrap November 1970 |
Najad | Nj | February 1942 | 26 September 1942 | May 1943 | Stricken 1 April 1966. Sold for scrap November 1970 |
Neptun | Np | March 1942 | 17 November 1942 | June 1943 | Stricken 1 April 1966. Sold for scrap November 1970 |
Citations
[edit]- ^ "Submarines, Svenska ubåtar (1883-1998), Jan-Erik Thoft". Archived from the original on 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
- ^ "Kockums - 404" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-20. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
- ^ a b c Blackman 1970, p. 274.
- ^ Westerlund 1985, p. 374.
References
[edit]- Blackman, Raymond V.B. (1960). Jane's Fighting Ships 1960–61. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd.
- Westerlund, Karl-Eric (1980). "Sweden". In Chesneau, Roger (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. New York: Mayflower Books. pp. 368–377. ISBN 0-8317-0303-2.