Hårsfjärden

The Hårsfjärden, looking north from Märsgarn island in September 2010

The Hårsfjärden is a fjord off the Baltic Sea near Stockholm, Sweden. About 20 kilometres (12 mi) long, it has surface area of 61.5 kilometres (38.21 mi).[1] It is the location of three Swedish naval bases: Märsgarn, Muskö, and Berga.

It was the location of the Hårsfjärden incident, during October 1–13, 1982, in which Swedish forces appeared to have trapped a foreign submarine, believed to be Soviet, but the submarine escaped.[2]

Three Swedish destroyers were sunk in the Hårsfjärden in an explosion on 17 September 1941, during World War II. The three destroyers sunk at a naval base on the fjord were Göteborg, Klas Horn and Klas Ugla. Göteborg and Klas Horn were later salvaged and returned to service, while Klas Ugla was scrapped.[3][4]

The beach at Årsta havsbad in August 2011.

References

  1. ↑ (Swedish) Horsfjärden. Vatteninformationssystem Sverige.
  2. ↑ Bynander, Fredrik (1998). "The 1982 Swedish Hårsfjärden Submarine Incident". Cooperation and Conflict (SAGE) 33 (4): 367–407.
  3. ↑ Whitley, M.J. (2000). Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. London: Cassell & Co. p. 249. ISBN 1-85409-521-8.
  4. ↑ Gardiner, Robert; Chesneau, Roger, eds. (1980). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Conway Maritime Press. p. 372. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.

Coordinates: 59°04′00″N 18°08′59″E / 59.066667°N 18.149722°E / 59.066667; 18.149722

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