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Johnny E. Balsved

SPRINGEREN (1964-1990)
(In English: n/a)

The submarine SPRINGEREN at full spea ahead.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

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Classification

Type:

Submarine

Class:

DELFINEN Class

Other Ships
in Class:

S326 DELFINEN
S327 SPÆKHUGGEREN
S328 TUMLEREN

Specifications

Built by:

The Naval Dockyard, Copenhagen

Design:

The Naval Dockyard, Copenhagen, project UB51

Laid down:

January 3, 1961

Launched:

April 26, 1963

Commissioned:

October 22, 1964

Decommissioned:

March 31, 1990

Pennant Number:

S329

Int'l Call Sign:

OUCB

Displacement:

581 tons - surface
649 tons - submerged

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

53.90 m

4.70 m

4.00 m

Complement:

33 men (7 officers, and 26 ratings and enlisted)

Propulsion:

2 ea B&W Diesel engines 1,200 Hp
2 ea BBC Electro engines 2,100 Hp
2 ea Propellers

Range:

4,000 nautical miles at 8.5 knots

Armament:

4 ea 533 mm Torpedo tubes, fore (8 torpedoes totally)

Speed:

13.5 knots - surface
16.0 knots - submerged

History

Date:

Military Service:

April 1975

Joined the STANAVFORLANT

September 29, 1979

During overhaul at the Naval Dockyard in Copenhagen the sub accidentally is partly filled with water, due to an open hydrant

November 1987

Joined the STANAVFORLANT

1990

Decommissioned and handed over to the Naval Museum in Aalborg

Commanders

Date:

Commanding Officer:

 -

n/a

Notes

SPRINGEREN is preserved and can today be visited on land at "Aalborg Marine- og Søfartsmuseum" (The Naval museum in Aalborg).

More Photos

The submarine SPRINGEREN.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

Sources:

&

Flådens skibe og fartøjer 1945-1995, by Gunnar Olsen and Svenn Storgaard, Marinehistoriske skrifter,  Copenhagen 1998 (ISBN 87-87720-13-2)

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U-både gennem 75 år - Det danske ubådsvåben 1909-84, by Hans Chr. Bjerg, Hans Chr. Dahlerup Koch and P. B. Nielsen, Forlaget Forum, 1984

44You are also referred to the Naval Bibliography