HSwMS Illern (1957)

	HSwMS Illern in 1962
History
Sweden
Name	Illern
Namesake	Illern
Builder	Saab Kockums
Launched	14 November 1957
Commissioned	31 August 1959
Decommissioned	1980
Identification	In; Iln;
Fate	Scrapped, 1981
General characteristics
Class and type	Hajen-class submarine
Displacement	720 t (709 long tons), surfaced; 900 t (886 long tons), submerged);
Length	65.8 m (216 ft)
Beam	5.1 m (17 ft)
Draught	5.0 m (16.4 ft)
Propulsion	2 shaft diesel-electric; 2 Pielstick Diesels 1660 hp; 2 ASEA electric motors;
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) surfaced; 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) submerged;
Complement	44
Armament	4 × 533mm Torpedo Tubes (bow, 8 torpedoes)

HSwMS Illern (In), (Swedish for "The polecat") was the fourth Hajen-class submarine of the Swedish Navy.^[1]

Construction and career

HSwMS Illern was launched on 14 November 1957 by Saab Kockums, Karlskrona and commissioned on 31 August 1959.

She was decommissioned in 1980 and later sold for scrap in Odense in 1981.^[2]

^ Klintebo, Roderick (2004). Det svenska ubåtsvapnet 1904–2004. Stockholm: Literatim. ISBN 91-973075-3-X.
^ von Hofsten, Gustaf; Waernberg, Jan (2003). Svenskt Militärhistoriskt Bibl. Stockholm: Örlogsfartyg. ISBN 91-9731873-6.

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History
HSwMS Illern in 1962
Sweden
Name	Illern
Namesake	Illern
Builder	Saab Kockums
Launched	14 November 1957
Commissioned	31 August 1959
Decommissioned	1980
Identification	In Iln
Fate	Scrapped, 1981
General characteristics
Class and type	Hajen-class submarine
Displacement	720 t (709 long tons), surfaced 900 t (886 long tons), submerged)
Length	65.8 m (216 ft)
Beam	5.1 m (17 ft)
Draught	5.0 m (16.4 ft)
Propulsion	2 shaft diesel-electric 2 Pielstick Diesels 1660 hp 2 ASEA electric motors
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) surfaced 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) submerged
Complement	44
Armament	4 × 533mm Torpedo Tubes (bow, 8 torpedoes)