HSwMS Springaren (1961)

For other ships with the same name, see HSwMS Springaren.
HSwMS Springaren
History
Sweden
NameSpringaren
NamesakeSpringaren
BuilderSaab Kockums
Launched31 August 1961
Commissioned7 November 1962
Decommissioned1 October 1987
Identification
  • Sp
  • Spr
Motto
  • Vade Retro Audaces Fortuna Juvat
  • (Fold Here! Happiness Stands The Bold Bee)
FateScrapped, 1999
General characteristics
Class & typeDraken-class submarine
Displacement
  • 770 t (758 long tons), surfaced
  • 950 t (935 long tons), submerged
Length69.3 m (227 ft)
Beam5.1 m (17 ft)
Draught5.3 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
Complement36
Armament4 × 533mm torpedo tubes(bow, 12 torpedoes)

HSwMS Springaren (Sp), was the sixth boat of the Draken-class submarine of the Swedish Navy.[1][page needed]

Construction and career

HSwMS Springaren was launched on 31 August 1961 by Saab Kockums, Malmö and commissioned on 7 November 1962.

On September 24, 1980, Springaren was extremely close to colliding with an unknown submarine east of Huvudskär. During an exercise, she operated together with one of the Navy's anti-submarine helicopters. The hydrophone operator on Springaren reads a hydrophone effect. It sounds like a rattling moped at high speed. The connecting helicopters also detect the visitor, and immediately classify it as a submarine.[2] The incident was followed by a two-week submarine hunt.

She was decommissioned on 1 October 1987 and later scrapped in Muskö in 1999.[3][page needed]

  • HSwMS Springaren
  • HSwMS Springaren in 1962
    HSwMS Springaren in 1962
  • HSwMS Springaren in 1963
    HSwMS Springaren in 1963

References

  1. ^ Klintebo, Roderick, ed. (2004). Det svenska ubåtsvapnet 1904-2004. Forum navales skriftserie, 1650-1837; 9 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Literatim. ISBN 919730753X. SELIBR 9421249.
  2. ^ Hellberg, Anders; Jörle, Anders (1984). Ubåt 137 – Tio dagar som skakade Sverige. Atlantis. p. 30. ISBN 91-7486-335-5.
  3. ^ 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.
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