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TUMLEREN Class (1989-2004)
(In English: n/a)

The submarine TUMLEREN, the first of three former Norwegian KOBBEN Class subs acquired by the Royal Danish Navy and used as the TUMLEREN Class.
(Photo: Royal Danish Navy)

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Classification

Type:

Submarines

Class:

TUMLEREN Class

Units in Class

PT No.:

Name:

Launched:

Comm.:

Decomm.:

S322

TUMLEREN

07/30/1965

10/20/1989

08/17/2004

S323

SÆLEN

10/03/1965

10/10/1990

12/21/2004

S324

SPRINGEREN

02/20/1964

10/17/1991

11/25/2004

Comments to the Class

Former Norwegian KOBBEN Class. Purchased from the Royal Norwegian Navy and modified in Norway before the takeover.

One more sub of this class was purchased from the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1992 (the KNM KAURA) to be used as spare parts for the three sub in Danish service, mostly for the SÆLEN. - The hull was sold for scrapping later that year.

*) Command ended on November 25, 2004. Final decommissioning awaiting decision on scrapping or handing over to another nation.

Specifications

Built by:

Rheinstahl-Nordseewerke, Emden, Germany

Design:

Ingenieurkontor Lübeck, Germany - Type 207

Displacement:

370 tons
435 tons - submerged

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

47.20 m

4.70 m

3.80 m

Complement:

24 men

Propulsion:

2 ea MTU Diesel engines 1,100 Hp
1 ea Electro motor 1,700 Hp
1 ea Propeller

Range:

n/a

Armament:

8 ea 533 mm Torpedo tubes

Speed:

10 knots - surface
17 knots - submerged

Additional Notes

None

More Photos

SÆLEN is here seen in Bahrain, June 2003.
(Photo: Royal Danish Navy)

The submarine SPRINGEREN visiting Holbæk in May, 1992.
(Photo: Gunnar Olsen)

Sources:

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

44You are also referred to the Naval Bibliography