HSwMS Najad (1979)

HSwMS Najad in dry dock on 25 February 2014.
History
Sweden
NameHSwMS Najad
Ordered1976
BuilderKockums, Malmö
Launched13 August 1979
Commissioned26 June 1981
Decommissioned1998
MottoRobur et forma ("Strength and beauty")
Nickname(s)Nad
FateScrapped, 2015
General characteristics
Class and typeNäcken-class submarine
Displacement
  • 980 tonnes (960 long tons) surfaced
  • 1,150 tonnes (1,130 long tons) submerged
Length49.5 m (162 ft 5 in)
Beam5.7 m (18 ft 8 in)
Draught5.5 m (18 ft 1 in)
Depth300 m (980 ft)
Propulsion
  • 2 × MTU diesel engines
  • 1 × Jeumont-Schneider electric motor
  • 2 shaft
Speed
  • 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) surfaced
  • 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) submerged
Test depth150 m (490 ft)
Complement19 (5 officers)
Sensors and
processing systems		FAS
Armament
  • 6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes
  • 2 × 400 mm (16 in) torpedo tubes
  • Mines

HSwMS Najad is the lead ship of her class of submarine for the Swedish Navy, project name A14.[1] She was launched at the Kockums shipyard in Malmö, Sweden, on 13 August 1979, and completed and commissioned into the Swedish Navy on 26 June 1981.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Laddar artikel". blt.se. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
  2. ^ "NAJAD (1979) [sv] - KulturNav". kulturnav.org. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
  3. ^ "Näckenklass | VHFK" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-07-31.
  4. ^ "Tomas Olsson tjänstgjorde på HMS Najad". Prisma Västra Götaland (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-07-31.


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