Bävern-class submarine
HSwMS Bävern and Uttern (both right) alongside Hajen-class submarines | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Bävern class |
| Builders | |
| Operators | Swedish Navy |
| Preceded by | Hajen class |
| In service | 1921–1944 |
| Completed | 3 |
| Lost | 1 |
| Scrapped | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 57.05 m (187 ft 2 in) |
| Beam | 5.82 m (19 ft 1 in) |
| Draft | 3.51 m (11 ft 6 in) |
| Speed |
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| Complement | 31 |
| Armament |
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The Bävern class was a trio of submarines operated by the Swedish Navy between 1921 and 1944. Their design was based of the Hajen class, a Swedish derivative of the German Type UB-III U-boat. After being laid down in 1921, the boats had an uneventful service history. In 1943, Illern was involved in a collision and sank, and her two sister ships were retired the next year.