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 & RSS Conqueror Gallery
HSwMS Sjölejonet being towed out of harbor after her being launched in July 1967.
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