HSwMS Vargen (1960)

	HSwMS Vargen
History
Sweden
Name	Vargen
Namesake	Vargen
Builder	Saab Kockums
Launched	20 May 1960
Commissioned	15 November 1961
Decommissioned	1989
Identification	Vg; Vgn;
Motto	Lupus primus inter pares; (The foremost wolf among equals);
Fate	Scrapped, 1989
General characteristics
Class and type	Draken-class submarine
Displacement	770 t (758 long tons), surfaced; 950 t (935 long tons), submerged;
Length	69.3 m (227 ft)
Beam	5.1 m (17 ft)
Draught	5.3 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;
Complement	36
Armament	4 × 533mm torpedo tubes(bow, 12 torpedoes)

HSwMS Vargen (Vg), Sw. meaning The Wolf, was the second boat of the Draken-class submarine of the Swedish Navy.^[1]

Construction and career edit

HSwMS Vargen was launched on 20 May 1960 by Saab Kockums, Malmö and commissioned on 15 November 1961.

She was decommissioned in 1989 and scrapped later in Gävle.^[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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