HSwMS Najad (Nad)

HSwMS Najad (Nad) is the lead ship of her class of submarine for the Swedish Navy, project name A14.[1][2] She was launched at the Kockums shipyard in Malmö, Sweden, on 13 August 1979, and completed and commissioned into the Swedish Navy in 26 June 1981.[3][4][5]

HSwMS Najad in dry dock on 25 February 2014.
History
Sweden
Name: HSwMS Najad
Ordered: 1976
Builder: Kockums, Malmö
Launched: 13 August 1979
Commissioned: 26 June 1981
Decommissioned: 1998
Motto: Robur et forma ("Strength and beauty")
Nickname(s): Nad
Fate: Scrapped, 2015
General characteristics
Class and type: Näcken-class submarine
Displacement:
  • 980 tonnes (960 long tons) surfaced
  • 1,150 tonnes (1,130 long tons) submerged
Length: 49.5 m (162 ft 5 in)
Beam: 5.7 m (18 ft 8 in)
Draught: 5.5 m (18 ft 1 in)
Depth: 300 m (980 ft)
Propulsion:
  • 2 × MTU diesel engines
  • 1 × Jeumont-Schneider electric motor
  • 2 shaft
Speed:
  • 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) surfaced
  • 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) submerged
Test depth: 150 m (490 ft)
Complement: 19 (5 officers)
Sensors and
processing systems:		 FAS
Armament:
  • 6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes
  • 2 × 400 mm (16 in) torpedo tubes
  • Mines
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References
  1. "HMS Najad (Nad)", Wikipedia (in Swedish), 2019-09-18, retrieved 2020-07-31
  2. "Laddar artikel". www.blt.se. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
  3. "NAJAD (1979) [sv] - KulturNav". kulturnav.org. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
  4. "Näckenklass | VHFK" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-07-31.
  5. "Tomas Olsson tjänstgjorde på HMS Najad". Prisma Västra Götaland (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-07-31.

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