HSwMS Bävern
History
Sweden
NameBävern
NamesakeBävern
BuilderSaab Kockums
Launched3 February 1958
Commissioned29 May 1959
Decommissioned1 July 1980
Identification
  • Bä
  • Bäv
Motto
  • Semper in viam
  • (Always on the go)
FateScrapped, 1981
General characteristics
Class and typeHajen-class submarine
Displacement
  • 720 t (709 long tons), surfaced
  • 900 t (886 long tons), submerged)
Length65.8 m (216 ft)
Beam5.1 m (17 ft)
Draught5.0 m (16.4 ft)
Propulsion
  • 2 shaft diesel-electric
  • 2 Pielstick Diesels 1660 hp
  • 2 ASEA electric motors
Speed
  • 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) surfaced
  • 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) submerged
Complement44
Armament4 × 533mm Torpedo Tubes (bow, 8 torpedoes)

HSwMS Bävern (Bä), (Swedish for "The beaver") was the fifth Hajen-class submarine of the Swedish Navy.[1]

Construction and career

HSwMS 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 which rolled downhill onto a pier.[2]

She was decommissioned on 1 July 1980 and later sold for scrap in Odense in 1981.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Klintebo, Roderick (2004). Det svenska ubåtsvapnet 1904–2004. Stockholm: Literatim. ISBN 91-973075-3-X.
  2. 1 2 "Kollision mellan bil och ubåt" [Collision between car and submarine.]. digitaltmuseum.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  3. ↑ von Hofsten, Gustaf; Waernberg, Jan (2003). Svenskt Militärhistoriskt Bibl. Stockholm: Örlogsfartyg. ISBN 91-9731873-6.


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