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| History | |
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 Sweden | |
| Name | Hvalen |
| Builder | Fiat-San Giorgio, La Spezia Italy |
| Launched | 16 February 1909 |
| Commissioned | 1909 |
| Decommissioned | 1919 |
| Fate | Expended as a target 1924 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Foca Class |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 42.4 m (139 ft 1 in) |
| Beam | 4.3 m (14 ft 1 in) |
| Draught | 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed |
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| Test depth | 30 m |
| Complement | 17 |
| Armament | 2 x 45.7 cm torpedo tubes |
HSwMS Hvalen was a submarine of the Swedish Navy. Constructed in Italy, the submarine sailed the entire way to Sweden for her commissioning unaccompanied. In October 1915 she became involved in a diplomatic incident between neutral Sweden, and Germany, which was then engaged in fighting Britain in the First World War. Following a series of sinkings of German cargo ships and naval vessels in the Baltic Sea by British submarines entering the Baltic through the (Swedish-controlled) Öresund straits, a German warship opened fire on Hvalen killing a crew-member. According to the captain of the Hvalen, she was flying the Swedish naval flag and in Swedish home waters at the time she was fired on. Compensation was later paid to the widow of the crew-member and an apology was issued.
See also
Citations
- ^ Gardiner and Gray 1985, p. 361.
- https://flottansman.se/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/FM-nr-1-2022-14-febr-klar-LAG.pdf
- "SWEDISH SUBMARINE SHELLED IN HOME WATERS; Hvalen Flying Own Flag and Weather Clear When Germans Fired, Says Captain". The New York Times. 22 October 1915. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
- Aselius, Gunnar (7 November 2019). The Danish Straits and German Naval Power, 1905-1918. Militargeschichtliches Forschungsampt. p. 134. ISBN 9783941571112.
References
- Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal, eds. (1986). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
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