HSwMS Sjölejonet (1936)

History


Name:	Sjölejonet
Builder:	Kockums MV A/B, Malmö
Launched:	25 July 1936
General characteristics
Class and type:	Sjölejonet-class submarine
Displacement:	580 long tons (589 t) surfaced 760 long tons (772 t) submerged
Length:	204 ft (62 m)
Beam:	20.5 ft (6.2 m)
Draught:	11 ft (3.4 m)
Propulsion:	3,000 bhp (2,237 kW)
Speed:	15 knots (17 mph; 28 km/h) surfaced 10 knots (12 mph; 19 km/h) submerged
Complement:	32
Armament:	6 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 2 × 40 mm guns

HSwMS Sjölejonet was the lead ship of a class of nine naval submarines in the service of Sweden in the years between World War I and World War II.

Sjölejonet-class submarines

Dykaren Sjöbjörnen Sjöborren Sjöhästen Sjöhunden Sjölejonet Sjöormen Svärdfisken Tumlaren

Preceded by: Delfinen class Followed by: Neptun class List of submarines of the Royal Swedish Navy

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