| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders: | Kockums |
| Operators: | Swedish Navy |
| Succeeded by: | Hajen |
| Built: | 1942-43 |
| Building: | 1943-1966 |
| Planned: | 3 |
| Completed: | 3 |
| Active: | 0 |
| Retired: | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Submarine |
| Displacement: | 550 tonnes (Surfaced) 730 tons submerged |
| Length: | 62,6 m |
| Beam: | 6.4 m |
| Draught: | 3.4 |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft diesel electric 2 MAN diesels 1800 hp 2 electric motors 1000 hp |
| Speed: | 15 knots surfaced 10 knots submerged |
| Complement: | 35 |
| Armament: | 5 - 533mm torpedo tubes 1 - 40mm AA gun, 1 20mm AA gun 20 mines |
The Neptun class submarine was a Swedish submarine class built by Kockums. The first submarine was launched in 1942 and a total of three submarines were built: HMSwS Neptun, HMSwS Najad and HMSwS Nacken. The class was decommissioned in 1966.[1][2]