HMS Uppland


HMS Uppland
Career (Sweden)
Name: HMS Uppland
Builder: Kockums
Laid down: 21 October 1994
Launched: 27 September 1996
Commissioned: October 1997
Homeport: Karlskrona, Sweden
Motto: Prudentia et audacia
Fate: Active in service
General characteristics
Displacement: 1526 tons standard, 1647 tons submerged
Length: 60.4 m (198 ft 2 in)
Beam: 6.2 m (20 ft 4 in)
Draught: 5.6 m (18 ft 4 in)
Propulsion: 2 x 1,300 bhp (970 kW) diesel engines
2 x 75 kW Stirling engines
1 x 1,800 shp (1,300 kW) electric motor , one shaft
Speed: 10 kn (19 km/h) surfaced
20 kn (37 km/h) submerged
Endurance: over 14 days submerged without snorkeling
Test depth: 500 ft (150 m)
Complement: 20 officers, 15 enlisted
Armament: 4 x 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes with 12 torpedoes
2 x 400 mm (16 in) torpedo tubes with 6 torpedoes
48 external mines

HMS Uppland (Upd) is a submarine in the Swedish Navy. It is the second submarine in the Gotland class. The motto of HMS Uppland is "Prudencia Et Audacia".