HSwMS Hvalen
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| History | |
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| Name | Hvalen |
| Builder | Fiat-San Giorgio, La Spezia Italy[1] |
| Launched | 16 February 1909[1] |
| Commissioned | 1909 |
| Decommissioned | 1919 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Foca Class |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 42.4 m (139 ft 1 in) |
| Beam | 4.3 m (14 ft 1 in) |
| Draught | 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed |
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| Test depth | 30 m[citation needed] |
| Complement | 17 |
| Armament | 2 x 45.7 cm torpedo tubes |
HSwMS Hvalen was a submarine of the Swedish Navy. Constructed in Italy, the submarine sailed the entire way to Sweden for her commissioning unaccompanied.[1] In October 1915 she became involved in a diplomatic incident between neutral Sweden, and Germany, which was then engaged in fighting Britain in the First World War. Following a series of sinkings of German cargo ships and naval vessels in the Baltic sea by British submarines entering the Baltic through the (Swedish-controlled) Öresund straits, a German warship opened fire on Hvalen killing a crew-member.[citation needed] According to the captain of the Hvalen, she was flying the Swedish naval flag and in Swedish home waters at the time she was fired on. [2] Compensation was later paid to the widow of the crew-member and an apology was issued.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d Gardiner and Gray 1985, p. 361.
- ^ "SWEDISH SUBMARINE SHELLED IN HOME WATERS; Hvalen Flying Own Flag and Weather Clear When Germans Fired, Says Captain". The New York Times. 22 October 1915. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
- ^ Aselius, Gunnar. The Danish Straits and German Naval Power, 1905-1918. Militargeschichtliches Forschungsampt. p. 134.
- Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal, eds. (1986). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
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