HSwMS ''Vargen'' (Vg),

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meaning ''The Wolf'', was the second boat of the ''Draken''-class

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of the

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Construction and career

HSwMS ''Vargen'' was launched on 20 May 1960 by

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and commissioned on 15 November 1961. She was decommissioned in 1989 and scrapped later in

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Gallery

File:HMS Vargen B33-15.jpg, HSwMS ''Vargen'' File:HMS Vargen MM10407.jpg File:HMS Vargen MM10348.jpg, HSwMS ''Vargen'' in 1967 File:HMS Vargen MM10347.jpg

References

Draken-class submarines Ships built in Malmö 1960 ships {{Sweden-stub