HSwMS Sjölejonet being launched on 29 June 1967 | |
History | |
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Sweden | |
Name | Sjölejonet |
Namesake | Sjölejonet |
Ordered | 1965 |
Builder | Karlskrona |
Launched | 29 June 1967 |
Commissioned | 16 December 1968 |
Decommissioned | 1997 |
Motto |
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Nickname(s) | Sle |
Fate | Sold to Singapore in 1997 |
Singapore | |
Name | Conqueror |
Namesake | Conqueror |
Acquired | 28 May 1999 |
Commissioned | 26 June 2004 |
Homeport | Changi |
Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | |
Displacement |
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Length | 50.5 m (165 ft 8 in) |
Beam | 6.1 m (20 ft 0 in) |
Draught | 5.8 m (19 ft 0 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 25 officers and enlisted |
Armament |
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HSwMS Sjölejonet (Sle), (Sw. meaning sea lion), was the second ship of the Swedish submarine class Sjöormen, project name A11.[1]
Development
The planning of the class included a number of different AIP solutions including nuclear propulsion. However, the ships where finally completed with for the time extremely large batteries. The ship was a single-hulled submarine, with hull shape influenced by the American experimental submarine USS Albacore. The hull was covered with rubber tiles to reduce the acoustic signature (anechoic tiles), at this time a pioneer technology. The Sjöormen class also pioneered the use of an x-shaped (as opposed to cross-shaped) rudder as a standard (as opposed to experimental) feature.[2]
Service in Sweden
The submarine served in the Swedish Navy for almost 30 years and was then sold to Singapore in 1997 together with its four sister ships.
Service in Singapore
HSwMS Sjöbjörnen was renamed RSS Conqueror and Singapore reacquired the boat on 28 May 1999. She was commissioned into the Republic of Singapore Navy on 26 June 2004 after a major refit and remains in active service as of December 2022.
Gallery
- HSwMS Sjölejonet being towed out of harbor after her being launched in July 1967.
- RSS Conqueror with other RSN and US Navy ships during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2009.
References
- ↑ "HMS Sjöbjörnen (Sbj)", Wikipedia (in Swedish), 2019-09-18, retrieved 2020-07-29
- ↑ "CHALLENGER CLASS SUBMARINE". Ministry of Defense Singapore. Retrieved 29 July 2020.