List of submarines of the Royal Swedish Navy
Encyclopedia
This is a list of Swedish
submarine
s of the period 1904 until today.
(1992-1997)
Västergötland class submarine
(1983-1990)
Södermanland class submarine
(2003-2004)
Hajen class submarine
(1954-1958)
Draken class submarine
(1960-1961)
Sjöormen class submarine
(1967-1968)
Näcken class submarine
(1978-1979)
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
submarine
Submarine
A submarine is a watercraft capable of independent operation below the surface of the water. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability...
s of the period 1904 until today.
Active Service
Gotland class submarineGotland class submarine
In 2004, the Swedish government received a request from the United States of America to lease HMS Gotland – Swedish-flagged, commanded and manned, for a duration of one year for use in anti-submarine warfare exercises. The Swedish government granted this request in October 2004, with both...
(1992-1997)
- HMS GotlandHMS Gotland (Gtd)HMS Gotland is an attack submarine of the Swedish Navy. It is the first of the Gotland class, which is the first operational submarine class in the world to use air-independent propulsion ....
(Gtd) - HMS HallandHMS Halland (Hnd)HMS Halland is a submarine in the Swedish Navy. It is the third submarine in the Gotland class....
(Hnd) - HMS UpplandHMS Uppland (Upd)HMS Uppland is a submarine in the Swedish Navy. It is the second submarine in the Gotland class. The motto of HMS Uppland is "Prudencia Et Audacia"....
(Upd)
Västergötland class submarine
Västergötland class submarine
The Västergötland class of diesel-electric submarines was introduced in 1987 by the Swedish Navy. The original four ships of her class, HMS Västergötland, HMS Hälsingland, HMS Södermanland and HMS Östergötland, were built between 1983 and 1988 by Kockums AB...
(1983-1990)
- HMS Västergötland (Vgd)
- HMS Hälsingland (Hgd)
Södermanland class submarine
Södermanland class submarine
The Swedish Södermanland class of diesel-electric submarines consist of the HMS Södermanland and HMS Östergötland. These two submarines were originally launched as Västergötland class submarines in 1987 and 1990, and have been relaunched as a new class after extensive modernization 2003 and 2004 by...
(2003-2004)
- HMS Södermanland (Söd) - previous Västergötland class
- HMS Östergötland (Ögd) - previous Västergötland class
By class
Kust class submarine (1941-1944)- HMS U1 (1941)
- HMS U2 (1942)
- HMS U3 (1942)
- HMS U4 (1943) - rebuild as the attack submarine HMS Forellen
- HMS U5 (1943) - rebuild as the attack submarine HMS Aborren
- HMS U6 (1943) - rebuild as the attack submarine HMS Siken
- HMS U7 (1943) - rebuild as the attack submarine HMS Gäddan
- HMS U8 (1944) - rebuild as the attack submarine HMS Laxen
- HMS U9 (1944) - rebuild as the attack submarine HMS Makrillen
Hajen class submarine
Hajen class submarine
The Hajen class was a submarine class built by Kockums and used by the Swedish navy. The design was influenced by the German Type XXI submarine class...
(1954-1958)
- HMS Hajen (1954)
- HMS Sälen (Säl)
- HMS Valen (1955)
- HMS Bävern (1958)
- HMS Illern (1957)
- HMS Uttern (1958)
Draken class submarine
Draken class submarine
The Draken class was a submarine class built for the Swedish navy 1960-1962. A total of five submarines was delivered and kept in service until the late 1980s when the more modern Näcken class submarine replaced them. Four of the boats were modernised in 1981-82...
(1960-1961)
- HMS Draken (Dra)
- HMS Gripen (Gri)
- HMS Vargen (Vgn)
- HMS Delfinen (Del)
- HMS Nordkaparen (Nor)
- HMS Springaren (Spr)
Sjöormen class submarine
Sjöormen class submarine
The Sjöormen class were a group of submarines built for the Swedish Navy in the late 1960s. They had a teardrop shape and were capable of diving to 150m. At the time of their deployment they were regarded as one of the most advanced non-nuclear submarine-classes in the world, incorporating many new...
(1967-1968)
- HMS Sjöormen (Sor)
- HMS Sjölejonet (Sle)
- HMS Sjöhunden (Shu)
- HMS Sjöbjörnen (Sbj)
- HMS Sjöhästen (Shä)
Näcken class submarine
Näcken class submarine
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...
(1978-1979)
- HMS NäckenHMS Näcken (Näk)HMS Näcken is the lead ship of her class of submarine for the Swedish Navy. She was launched at the Kockums shipyard in Malmö, Sweden, on 17 April 1978, and completed and commissioned into the Swedish Navy in April 1980. From 2001 to 2005, the submarine was leased to the Royal Danish Navy and...
(Näk) - HMS Najad (Nad)
- HMS Neptun (Nep)
Other
- HMS Abborren (1916)
- HMS Braxen (1916)
- HMS Bävern (1921)
- HMS Delfinen (1914)
- HMS Delfinen (1934)
- HMS Draken (1926)
- HMS Dykaren (1940)
- HMS Gripen (1928)
- HMS Gäddan (1915)
- HMS Hajen (1904)
- HMS Hajen (1917)
- HMS Hvalen (1909)
- HMS Illern (1918)
- HMS Laxen (1914)
- HMS Najad (1942)
- HMS Neptun (1942)
- HMS Nordkaparen (1935)
- HMS Näcken (1942)
- HMS Sjöbjörnen (1938)
- HMS Sjöborren (1941)
- HMS Sjölejonet (1936)
- HMS Sjöormen (1941)
- HMS Sjöhunden (1938)
- HMS Sjöhästen (1940)
- HMS Spiggen (1958)
- HMS Spiggen (1990) - (Spi)
- HMS Springaren (1935)
- HMS Svärdfisken (1914)
- HMS Svärdfisken (1940)
- HMS Sälen (1918)
- HMS Tumlaren (1914)
- HMS Tumlaren (1940)
- HMS Ulven (1930)
- HMS Uttern (1918)
- HMS Valen (1925)
- HMS Valrossen (1918)