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Royal Swedish Navy - Svenska Marinen
Västergötland (A17) class Submarine
 Södermanland (A17S) class Submarine
 
 
vastergotland ostergotland class submarine ssk aip swedish navy svenska marinen försvarsmakten kockums saab 16x
   
09/22
Units:
 
HSwMS Västergötland (1987)
 HSwMS Hälsingland (1988)
  
 HSwMS Södermanland (1989)
HSwMS Östergötland (1990)
 
 
Specifications:
 
Builder: Kockums, Karlskrona, Blekinge County, Sweden
 
Displacement: 1070 tons (surfaced), 1150 tons (submerged) / Södermanland class: 1500 tons (submerged)
Length: 48.5 m (159 feet 1 inch) / Södermanland class: 60.5 m (198 ft 6 in)
Beam: 6.1 m (20 ft)
Draft: 5.6 m (18 ft 4 in)
Speed: 11 knots (20 km/h), surfaced / 20 knots (37 km/h), submerged
Complement: 24

Propulsion:
Diesel-Electric
2 x Hedmora V12A/15 diesel generators (2160 hp)
1 x Jeumont Schneider electric motor
Södermanland class: 2 x Kockums V4-275R Sterling AIP engines
1 shaft / 1 propeller

Armament:
6 x 533 mm (21") Torpedo Tubes for heavy-weight torpedoes
 3 x 400mm (15.75") Torpedo Tubes for lightweight torpedoes
mines
 
Systems:
Terma radar
SESUB 900 combat and fire control system
CSU-83 (DBQS-21) active/passive hull sonar
FAS 3-1 flank array sonar
towed array sonar system (TASS)
ECM system
  
 
Boats:
 
 HSwMS Västergötland
 
 Laid down: January 10, 1983
Launched: July 19, 1986
Commissioned: November 27, 1987
Decommissioned: 2005
 
Fate:
 transferred to Singapore
converted and modernized
(re)launched: October 20, 2010
renamed: RSS Swordsman
 
Namesake: Västergötland
 ... also known as West Gothland or the Latinized version Westrogothia in older literature, is one of the 25 traditional non-administrative
provinces of Sweden (landskap in Swedish), situated in the southwest of Sweden.
Västergötland is home to Gothenburg, the second largest city in Sweden, which is situated along a short stretch of the Kattegat strait.
The province is bordered by Bohuslän, Dalsland, Värmland, Närke, Östergötland, Småland and Halland, as well as the two largest
Swedish lakes Vänern and Vättern. Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden is Duchess of Västergötland.
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 HSwMS Hälsingland
 
Laid down: January 1, 1984
Launched: August 31, 1987
Commissioned: October 20, 1988
Decommissioned: 2005
 
Fate:
 transferred to Singapore
converted and modernized
(re)launched: June 16, 2009
renamed: RSS Archer
 
 Namesake: Hälsingland
 ... sometimes referred to as Helsingia in English, is a historical province or landskap in central Sweden.
It borders Gästrikland, Dalarna, Härjedalen, Medelpad and the Gulf of Bothnia. It is part of the land of Norrland.
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HSwMS Södermanland
 
Laid down: February 2, 1985
Launched: April 12, 1988
Commissioned: April 21, 1989
Modified to Södermanland class: 2000-2003
IN SERVICE
Homeport: Karlskrona Naval Base
 
 Namesake: Södermanland
 ... locally Sörmland, sometimes referred to under its Latin form Sudermannia or Sudermania,
is a historical province or landskap on the south eastern coast of Sweden.
It borders Östergötland, Närke, Västmanland and Uppland. It is also bounded by lake Mälaren and the Baltic Sea.
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HSwMS Östergötland
 
Laid down: October 15, 1985
Launched: December 9, 1988
Commissioned: January 10, 1990
Modified to Södermanland class: 2000-2004
IN SERVICE
Homeport: Karlskrona Naval Base
 
 Namesake: Östergötland
 (East Gothland) is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden (landskap) in the south of Sweden.
It borders Småland, Västergötland, Närke, Södermanland and the Baltic Sea.
The corresponding administrative county, Östergötland County, covers the entire province and parts of neighbouring provinces.
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The Västergötland class of diesel-electric attack submarines (SSK) entered service in 1987 in the Swedish Navy.

The original four ships of the class (Västergötland, Hälsingland, Södermanland, and Östergötland) were built between 1983 and 1988 by Kockums AB. The latter two have undergone comprehensive refits, including the insertion of a new hull section with an air-independent propulsion system equipped with Stirling engines. They have been recommissioned in 2003-2004 as the new Södermanland class.

Västergötland and Hälsingland were put in reserve until November 2005, when they were sold to the Republic of Singapore Navy as the Archer class. They were refitted to Södermanland class standards and received additional climatisation for use in tropical waters, and relaunched in 2009-2010.

Södermanland modification:
The Södermanland class of diesel-electric / AIP submarines consists of HSwMS Södermanland and HSwMS 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 in 2003 and 2004 by Kockums AB. The pressure hull had been cut in two after the sail and a 12 m (39 ft 4 in) long new section with an air-independent propulsion system was inserted. It contains two Stirling engines which are coupled to electric generators and heated by burning diesel fuel with liquid oxygen stored in cryogenic tanks. The AIP system can provide electric energy to extend the submarine's submerged time up to 19 days.

source: wikipedia / SAAB / Försvarsmakten
 
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HSwMS Västergötland



HSwMS Hälsingland - sorry, no image



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HSwMS Södermanland

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HSwMS Södermanland

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HSwMS Södermanland

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HSwMS Södermanland

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HSwMS Södermanland

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HSwMS Södermanland

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HSwMS Södermanland

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HSwMS Södermanland

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HSwMS Södermanland

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HSwMS Södermanland

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HSwMS Södermanland

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HSwMS Södermanland - torpedo room

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HSwMS Södermanland

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HSwMS Södermanland



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HSwMS Östergötland



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