HSwMS Neptun is the second of three
Näcken-classsubmarines, built to operate in the
Baltic. Neptun entered service in December 1980. The next year she was involved an international incident when the Soviet submarine
U 137 ran aground outside
Karlskrona.
The Näcken class were among the first Swedish submarines to have onboard computers. Her task in the eventuality of war would have been to attack enemy shipping and surveillance duties.
Neptun was decommissioned in 1998 and laid up in Karlskrona. In 2008 she was donated to the Naval Museum
Marinmuseum of
Karlskrona,
Sweden, where she is after restoration on display since 2014.[4]
Gallery
HSwMS Neptun Gallery
HSwMS Neptun in drydock in 1998.
HSwMS Neptun in drydock in 1998.
Torpedo 613 being loaded into HSwMS Neptun Inside the museum on 31 July 2013.
Torpedo 613 being loaded into HSwMS Neptun Inside the museum on 31 July 2013.
Torpedo 613 being loaded into HSwMS Neptun Inside the museum on 31 July 2013.
Torpedo 613 being loaded into HSwMS Neptun Inside the museum on 31 July 2013.
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