Delfinen-class submarine

Springeren at the Aalborg Maritime Museum, Denmark, 2006
Class overview
Builders: Naval Dockyard, Copenhagen, (Project UB51)
Operators:  Royal Danish Navy
Built: 1954–1964
In commission: 1961–1990
Completed: 4
Retired: 4
Preserved: 1
General characteristics [1]
Type: Submarine
Displacement:
  • 573 long tons (582 t) surfaced
  • 649 long tons (659 t) submerged
Length: 53.9 m (176 ft 10 in)
Beam: 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in)
Draught: 4 m (13 ft 1 in)
Propulsion:
Speed:
  • 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) surfaced
  • 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) submerged
Range: 4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 8.5 kn (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph)
Complement: 33 (7 officers, 26 men)
Armament:

The Delfinen class submarines were the last class of submarines of the Royal Danish Navy designed and built entirely by Danish architects. The first three boats of the class were financed by Denmark. The fourth was financed by the United States (where it was known as SS-554) under the Cost Share program.

Ships

  • Delfinen, launched 4 May 1956, commissioned 1 August 1961, decommissioned 2 August 1983, sold for scrapping 11 September 1984.[2]
  • Spækhuggeren, launched 20 February 1957, commissioned 1 August 1961, decommissioned 31 July 1989, sold for scrapping, 3 December 1991.[3]
  • Tumleren, launched 22 May 1958, commissioned 1 August 1961, decommissioned 6 August 1981, sold for scrapping 7 September 1982.[4]
  • Springeren, launched 22 April 1963, commissioned 22 October 1964, decommissioned 31 March 1990 and handed over to the Naval Museum in Aalborg.[5]

See also

Media related to Delfinen class submarine at Wikimedia Commons

References

Notes
  1. ↑ "Delfinen class (1961-1990)". navalhistory.dk. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
  2. ↑ "Delfinen (1961-1983)". navalhistory.dk. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
  3. ↑ "Spækhuggeren (1959-1989)". navalhistory.dk. Archived from the original on 24 October 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
  4. ↑ "Tumleren (1961-1981)". navalhistory.dk. Archived from the original on 22 September 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
  5. ↑ "Springeren (1964-1990)". navalhistory.dk. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
Bibliography
  • "Flådens skibe og fartøjer" 1945-1995, by Gunnar Olsen and Svenn Storgaard, Marinehistoriske skrifter, Copenhagen 1998 ( ISBN 87-87720-13-2)
  • U-både gennem 75 år - Det danske ubådsvåben 1909-84, by Hans Chr. Bjerg, Hans Chr. Dahlerup Koch and P. B. Nielsen, Forlaget Forum, 1984
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