HSwMS Draken (1960)

Draken-class submarine of the Swedish Navy

HSwMS Draken (Dk), Sw. meaning The Dragon, was the lead boat of the Draken-class submarine of the Swedish Navy.^[1]

Construction and career

HSwMS Draken was launched on 1 April 1960 by Saab Kockums, Malmö and commissioned on 4 April 1962. She became the first Swedish submarine (but the only one in the class) to be fitted with a rubber-coated hull to reduce the surface area for active sonar detection.

She was decommissioned in 1982 and scrapped in Landskrona in 1983.^[2]

Gallery

• HSwMS Draken
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  HSwMS Draken, Vergen, Nordkaparen and U8 In April 1961

References

1. Klintebo, Roderick (2004). Det svenska ubåtsvapnet 1904–2004. Stockholm: Literatim. ISBN 91-973075-3-X.
2. von Hofsten, Gustaf; Waernberg, Jan (2003). Svenskt Militärhistoriskt Bibl. Stockholm: Örlogsfartyg. ISBN 91-9731873-6.