HSwMS Hajen (1954)

	HSwMS Hajen in 1975
History
Sweden
Name	Hajen
Namesake	Hajen
Builder	Saab Kockums
Launched	11 December 1954
Commissioned	28 February 1957
Decommissioned	1 July 1980
Identification	Hj; Haj;
Motto	Primus inter pares; (The foremost among equals);
Fate	Scrapped, 1983
General characteristics
Class and type	Hajen-class submarine
Displacement	720 t (709 long tons), surfaced; 900 t (886 long tons), submerged;
Length	65.8 m (216 ft)
Beam	5.1 m (17 ft)
Draught	5.0 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;
Complement	44
Armament	4 × 533mm Torpedo Tubes (bow, 8 torpedoes)

HSwMS Hajen (Hj), (Swedish for "The shark") was the lead boat of the Hajen-class submarine of the Swedish Navy.^[1]

Construction and career edit

HSwMS Hajen was launched on 11 December 1954 by Saab Kockums, Malmö and commissioned on 28 February 1957.

She was decommissioned on 1 July 1980 and later scrapped in Landskrona in 1983.^[2]

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

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