HSwMS Bävern (1958)

	HSwMS Bävern
History
Sweden
Name	Bävern
Namesake	Bävern
Builder	Saab Kockums
Launched	3 February 1958
Commissioned	29 May 1959
Decommissioned	1 July 1980
Identification	Bä; Bäv;
Motto	Semper in viam; (Always on the go);
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 Bävern (Bä), (Swedish for "The beaver") was the fifth Hajen-class submarine of the Swedish Navy.^[1]

Construction and career

HSwMS Bävern was launched on 3 February 1958 by Saab Kockums, Karlskrona and commissioned on 29 May 1959.

On 19 August 1961, while in Lysekil, she was involved in a bizarre collision with a Volvo P544 car which rolled downhill onto a pier.^[2]

She was decommissioned on 1 July 1980 and later sold for scrap in Odense in 1981.^[3]

^ Klintebo, Roderick (2004). Det svenska ubåtsvapnet 1904–2004. Stockholm: Literatim. ISBN 91-973075-3-X.
^ ^a ^b "Kollision mellan bil och ubåt" [Collision between car and submarine.]. digitaltmuseum.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-10-10.
^ von Hofsten, Gustaf; Waernberg, Jan (2003). Svenskt Militärhistoriskt Bibl. Stockholm: Örlogsfartyg. ISBN 91-9731873-6.

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