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SPÆKHUGGEREN (1959-1989)
(In English: The Killer Whale)

Submarine SPÆKHUGGEREN
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

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Classification

Type:

Submarine

Class:

DELFINEN Class

Other Ships
in Class:

S326 DELFINEN
S328 TUMLEREN
S329 SPRINGEREN

Specifications

Built by:

The Naval Dockyard, Copenhagen

Design:

The Naval Dockyard, Copenhagen, project UB51

Laid down:

November 25 or December 1, 1954

Launched:

February 20, 1957

Commissioned:

August 1, 1961

Decommissioned:

July 31, 1989

Pennant Number:

S327

Int'l Call Sign:

OUCE

Displacement:

573 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:

June 27, 1959

Entering service

November 1977

Visiting the Shetlands

September 21, 1979

Capsized in the dock at the Naval Dockyard in Copenhagen, later salvaged and repaired

October 1981
- November 1981

Joined the STANAVFORLANT

December 3, 1991

Sold for scrapping

April-May 1992

Scrapped at Nakskov Shipyard

Commanders

Date:

Commanding Officer:

November 21, 1969
- April 3, 1970

Lieutenant Commander Peer C. Rasmussen

Notes

During the scrapping most of the middle ship section was removed and put at display at the Royal Danish Naval Museum.

More Photos

Submarine SPÆKHUGGEREN
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

Submarine SPÆKHUGGEREN
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

Sources:

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Danske Søofficerer 1933-1982, edited by S. E. Pontoppidan and J. Teisen, published by Søe-Lieutenant-Selskabet, Copenhagen, 1984

&

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