Neptun-class submarine

Class overview

Name:	Neptun class
Builders:	Kockums
Operators:	Swedish Navy
Preceded by:	Sjölejonet class
Succeeded by:	Hajen class
Built:	1942-43
Building:	1943-1966
Planned:	3
Completed:	3
Retired:	3
General characteristics
Type:	Submarine
Displacement:	550 tonnes (surfaced) 730 tons (submerged)
Length:	62.6 m (205 ft 5 in)
Beam:	6.4 m (21 ft 0 in)
Draught:	3.4 m (11 ft 2 in)
Propulsion:	2 shaft diesel electric 2 MAN diesels 1,800 hp (1,300 kW) 2 electric motors 1,000 hp (750 kW)
Speed:	15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) surfaced 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) submerged
Complement:	35
Armament:	5 x 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes 1 x 40 mm (1.6 in) AA gun 1 x 20 mm (0.79 in) AA gun 20 mines

The Neptun-class submarine was a Swedish submarine class built by Kockums. The first submarine was launched in 1942 and a total of three submarines were built: HMSwS Neptun, HMSwS Najad and HMSwS Nacken. The class was decommissioned in 1966.^[1]^[2]

Ships

Name	Marking	Laid Down^[3]	Launched^[3]	Commissioned^[3]	Fate^[4]
Näcken	Nä	November 1941	26 September 1942	March 1943	Stricken 1 April 1966. Sold for scrap November 1970
Najad	Nj	February 1942	26 September 1942	May 1943	Stricken 1 April 1966. Sold for scrap November 1970
Neptun	Np	March 1942	17 November 1942	June 1943	Stricken 1 April 1966. Sold for scrap November 1970

References

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1 2 3 Blackman 1970, p. 274.
↑ Gardiner and Gray 1985, p. 374.

Blackman, Raymond V.B. (1960). Jane's Fighting Ships 1960–61. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd.
Gardiner, Robert; Chesneau, Roger, eds. (1980). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.

Swedish naval ship classes of World War II

Coastal defence ships	Dristigheten^S Äran Oscar II^S Sverige

Armoured cruisers	Fylgia^S

Light cruisers	Gotland^S Tre Kronor^I

Protected cruisers	Clas Fleming^S

Minelayers	Älvsnabben^S

Destroyers	Wale^S Ragnar Hugin Wrangel Ehrensköld Klas Göteborg Sella^RM Mode Visby Öland^I

Torpedo boats	Komet Plejad Spica^RM

Submarines	Hajen Bävern Valen^S Draken Delfinen Sjölejonet Kust Neptun

Minesweepers	Sökaren Arholma

Patrol boats	Jägaren

S Single ship of class RM Purchased from Regia Marina I Incomplete until the end of the war

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