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| Class overview | |
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| Builders | Kockums |
| Operators | list error: <br /> list (help) Swedish Navy Royal Danish Navy |
| Preceded by | Sjöormen |
| Succeeded by | Västergötland |
| Planned | 3 |
| Completed | 3 |
| Laid up | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | list error: <br /> list (help) 980 tonnes (960 long tons) surfaced 1,150 tonnes (1,130 long tons) submerged |
| Length | 44 m (144 ft 4 in) |
| Beam | 5.7 m (18 ft 8 in) |
| Draught | 5.5 m (18 ft 1 in) |
| Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) 2 × MTU diesel engines 1 × Jeumont-Schneider electric motor 1 shaft |
| Speed | list error: <br /> list (help) 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) surfaced 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) submerged |
| Test depth | 150 m (490 ft) |
| Complement | 19 (5 officers) |
| Sensors and processing systems | FAS |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) • 6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes • 2 × 400 mm (16 in) torpedo tubes • Mines |
The Näcken-class submarines, also known as the A14 type, were built for the Swedish Navy in the late 1970s. The boats were authorised in 1972 and the programme was completed in 1981. All boats were built by Kockums in Karlskrona. The boats had a teardrop hull and diving depth was 150m. Between 1987 and 1988 the Näcken was converted to Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) using a closed cycle Stirling engine. This technology increased underwater endurance to 14 days and has been adopted in subsequent Swedish submarines.
By the early 2000s the class was decommissioned from the Swedish navy. The HMS Näcken was temporary leased to the Danish navy but was returned in 2005. As of 2011 the three submarines are laid up at the Karlskrona naval base.
Ships
| Ship | Launched | Commissioned | Current status |
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| Näcken | 17 April 1978 | 25 April 1980 | leased to Danish Navy 2001-2005 as Kronborg, in storage in Karlskrona |
| Neptun | 6 December 1978 | 5 December 1980 | in storage in Karlskrona. Will be restored and put on display. |
| Najad | 13 August 1979 | 26 June 1981 | in storage in Karlskrona |
References
- Notes
- "Kronborg (2001–2004)". Danish Naval History. Retrieved 2013-03-17.
- "Title unknown".
- Bibliography
- Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995
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