HSwMS Bävern (1958)
HSwMS Bävern | |
| History | |
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| Sweden | |
| Name | Bävern |
| Namesake | Swedish for beaver |
| Builder | Saab Kockums |
| Launched | 3 February 1958 |
| Commissioned | 29 May 1959 |
| Decommissioned | 1 July 1980 |
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| Fate | Scrapped, 1981 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Hajen-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 65.8 m (216 ft) |
| Beam | 5.1 m (17 ft) |
| Draught | 5.0 m (16.4 ft) |
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| Complement | 44 |
| Armament | 4 × 533mm torpedo tubes (8 torpedoes in bow) |
HSwMS Bävern (Bv, later Bäv; lit. 'beaver') was the fifth Hajen-class submarine of the Swedish Navy.[1]
Construction and career
Bävern was launched on 3 February 1958 by Saab Kockums, Karlskrona and commissioned on 29 May 1959.
On 19 August 1961, while in Lysekil, she was involved in a bizarre collision with a Volvo P544 car that rolled downhill onto a pier.[2]
She was decommissioned on 1 July 1980 and later sold for scrap in Odense in 1981.[3]
Gallery
- HSwMS Bävern
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Bävern on 25 January 1961
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Bävern with Hajen on 25 January 1961
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References
- ^ Klintebo, Roderick, ed. (2004). Det svenska ubåtsvapnet 1904-2004. Forum navales skriftserie, 1650-1837; 9 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Literatim. ISBN 919730753X. SELIBR 9421249.
- ^ a b "Kollision mellan bil och ubåt" [Collision between car and submarine.]. digitaltmuseum.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-10-10.
- ^ von Hofsten, Gustaf; Waernberg, Jan; Ohlsson, Curt S. (2003). Örlogsfartyg: svenska maskindrivna fartyg under tretungad flagg. [Forum navales skriftserie], 1650-1837; [6] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Svenskt militärhistoriskt bibl. i samarbete med Marinlitteratur. ISBN 919743843X. OCLC 57511564. SELIBR 8873330.