Neptun class submarine

Class overview
Builders:	Kockums
Operators:	Swedish Navy
Succeeded by:	Hajen
Built:	1942-43
Building:	1943-1966
Planned:	3
Completed:	3
Active:	0
Retired:	3
General characteristics
Type:	Submarine
Displacement:	550 tonnes (Surfaced) 730 tons submerged
Length:	62,6 m
Beam:	6.4 m
Draught:	3.4
Propulsion:	2 shaft diesel electric 2 MAN diesels 1800 hp 2 electric motors 1000 hp
Speed:	15 knots surfaced 10 knots submerged
Complement:	35
Armament:	5 - 533mm torpedo tubes 1 - 40mm AA gun, 1 20mm AA gun 20 mines

The Neptun class submarine was a Swedish submarine class built by Kockums. The first submarine was launched in 1942 and a total of three submarines were built: HMSwS Neptun, HMSwS Najad and HMSwS Nacken. The class was decommissioned in 1966.^[1][2]

References

• Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946

1. ^ http://www.submarines.se/index-1.htm
2. ^ http://www.kockums.se/pdf/modellserien.pdf