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Ulven Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Draken   295 Örlogsvarvet Karlskrona 1925 21.10.1926 2.1929 stricken 10.1948
Gripen   296 Örlogsvarvet Karlskrona 1926 21.8.1928 3.1929 stricken 6.1947
Ulven   297 Örlogsvarvet Karlskrona 1928 6.3.1930 2.1931 sunk 16.4.1943


Technical data


Displacement standard, t667
Displacement normal, t

/ 850

Length, m

66.2

Breadth, m

6.40

Draught, m

3.30

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Götaverken diesels / 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

1920 / 1000

Max speed, kts

13.8 / 8.3

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)5600(10) / 38(5)
Armament

1 x 1 - 105/39 K/41 M25, 4 - 533 TT (2 bow, 2 stern, 8)

Electronic equipmentpresumably hydrophone
Complement

35

Diving depth operational, m60


Standard scale images


<i>Draken</i> 1940
Draken 1940


Graphics


<i>Ulven</i> <i>Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.</i>
Ulven Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.


Project history

Increased version of Bävern class with larger 533mm torpedoes.

Modernizations

1930s, all: + 1 x 1 - 25/55 K/58 M32.

Naval service

Ulven was lost on German minefield 16.4.1943.



Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.