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HSwMS Neptun (1979)

For other ships with the same name, see HSwMS Neptun.

HSwMS Neptun is the second of three Näcken-class submarines, built to operate in the Baltic. Neptun entered service in December 1980. The next year she was involved an international incident when the Soviet submarine U 137 ran aground outside Karlskrona.

Neptun under tow in 2011
History
Sweden
NameNeptun
BuilderKockums, Malmö
Laid downMarch 1974[1]
Launched13 August 1979[1]
Commissioned5 December 1980[1]
Decommissioned1998
StatusMuseum ship
General characteristics [2]
Class and typeNäcken-class
Displacement
  • 980 long tons (1,000 t) surfaced
  • 1,150 long tons (1,170 t) submerged
Length
  • 49.5 m (162 ft 5 in) oa
  • 44.0 m (144 ft 4 in) waterline
Beam5.7 m (18 ft 8 in)
Draught18 m (59 ft 1 in)
Propulsion
  • 1 × MTU 16V652 diesel engine
  • 2,100 bhp (1,600 kW)
  • 1 × Jeumont-Schneider Electric motor 1,540 hp (1,150 kW)
Speed
  • 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced[3]
  • 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) submerged[3]
Complement19
Armament
  • 6 × 533 mm torpedo tubes
  • 2 × 400 mm torpedo tubes

The Näcken class were among the first Swedish submarines to have onboard computers. Her task in the eventuality of war would have been to attack enemy shipping and surveillance duties.

Neptun was decommissioned in 1998 and laid up in Karlskrona. In 2008 she was donated to the Naval Museum Marinmuseum of Karlskrona, Sweden, where she is after restoration on display since 2014.[4]

Gallery edit

  • HSwMS Neptun Gallery
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    HSwMS Neptun in drydock in 1998.
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    HSwMS Neptun in drydock in 1998.
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    Torpedo 613 being loaded into HSwMS Neptun Inside the museum on 31 July 2013.
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    Torpedo 613 being loaded into HSwMS Neptun Inside the museum on 31 July 2013.
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    Torpedo 613 being loaded into HSwMS Neptun Inside the museum on 31 July 2013.
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    Torpedo 613 being loaded into HSwMS Neptun Inside the museum on 31 July 2013.
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    HSwMS Neptun museum taken on 1 June 2015 in Karlskrona, Sweden.
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    HSwMS Neptun museum taken on 1 June 2015 in Karlskrona, Sweden.
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    HSwMS Neptun museum taken on 1 June 2015 in Karlskrona, Sweden.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Moore 1985, p. 454.
  2. ^ Gardiner and Chumbley 1995, p. 447.
  3. ^ a b Baker 1998, p. 820.
  4. ^ "Neptun – a real submarine!". Karlskrona Marinmuseum. Retrieved 7 March 2014.

Further reading edit

  • Baker, A.D. (1998). The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 1998–1999. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-111-4.
  • Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen, eds. (1995). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.
  • Moore, John (1985). Jane's Fighting Ships 1985–86. London: Jane's Yearbooks. ISBN 0 7106-0814-4.
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