HNoMS KYA S317

NORWEGIAN NAVY

Class……………………………Kobben-class Submarine

Builder………………………..Nordseewerke, Emden, West Germany

Yard number……………….

Laid down..………………….1963

Launched….…………………20 Feb 1064

Completed.………………….15 Jun 1964

Propulsion.…………………..1-shaft driven by 2 Maybach-Mercedes-Benz MB820 diesel-generators, 1 electric motor

Speed..…………………………10knots surfaced / 17 knots submerged.

Range…………………………..

Fate................................1991: Transferred to Denmark as HDMS Springeren (S324). Preserved as a museum ship in Langeland.

 

Voted July 1959 under a five-year programme, with half the cost being paid by United States. Based on the German Type 207, but with a stronger hull for deeper diving, and revised equipment. They can fire the US Mk 37 and Bofors Tp 61 wire-guided torpedoes. Svenner, equipped for officer training, has a second periscope and was 1m longer.

 

OFFICIAL ROYAL NORWEGIAN NAVY PHOTO

 

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