Delfinen class submarine

Springeren at the Aalborg Maritime Museum, Denmark, 2006
Class overview
Builders:	Naval Dockyard, Copenhagen, (Project UB51)
Operators:	Royal Danish Navy
Built:	1954–1964
In commission:	1961–1990
Completed:	4
Retired:	4
Preserved:	1
General characteristics [1]
Type:	Submarine
Displacement:	573 long tons (582 t) surfaced 649 long tons (659 t) submerged
Length:	53.9 m (176 ft 10 in)
Beam:	4.7 m (15 ft 5 in)
Draught:	4 m (13 ft 1 in)
Propulsion:	2 × B&W 1,200 hp (895 kW) diesel engines 2 × BBC 2,100 hp (1,566 kW) electric motors 2 shafts
Speed:	13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) surfaced 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) submerged
Range:	4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 8.5 kn (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph)
Complement:	33 (7 officers, 26 men)
Armament:	• 4 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes • 8 × torpedoes

The Delfinen class submarines were the last class of submarines of the Royal Danish Navy designed and built entirely by Danish architects. The first three boats of the class were financed by Denmark. The fourth was financed by the United States (where it was known as SS-554) under the Cost Share program.

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  References

  Notes

  1. ^ "Delfinen class (1961-1990)". navalhistory.dk. http://www.navalhistory.dk/english/theships/classes/delfinen_class(1961).htm. Retrieved 19 July 2010. 
  2. ^ "Delfinen (1961-1983)". navalhistory.dk. http://www.navalhistory.dk/english/theships/D/Delfinen(1961).htm. Retrieved 19 July 2010. 
  3. ^ "Spækhuggeren (1959-1989)". navalhistory.dk. http://www.navalhistory.dk/english/theships/S/Spaekhuggeren(1959).htm. Retrieved 19 July 2010. 
  4. ^ "Tumleren (1961-1981)". navalhistory.dk. http://www.navalhistory.dk/english/theships/T/Tumleren(1961).htm. Retrieved 19 July 2010. 
  5. ^ "Springeren (1964-1990)". navalhistory.dk. http://www.navalhistory.dk/english/theships/S/Springeren(1964).htm. Retrieved 19 July 2010. 

  Bibliography

  • "Flådens skibe og fartøjer" 1945-1995, by Gunnar Olsen and Svenn Storgaard, Marinehistoriske skrifter, Copenhagen 1998 (ISBN 87-87720-13-2)
  • U-både gennem 75 år - Det danske ubådsvåben 1909-84, by Hans Chr. Bjerg, Hans Chr. Dahlerup Koch and P. B. Nielsen, Forlaget Forum, 1984