HSwMS Älvsnabben (M01)

History
HSwMS Älvsnabben
Sweden
Name:	Älvsnabben
Launched:	19 January 1943
Acquired:	1943
Out of service:	30 June 1982
Reclassified:	Cadet training vessel
Identification:	Pennant number: M01
Fate:	Broken up in Karlskrona
General characteristics
Class & type:	Minelayer
Length:	96.8 m (317 ft 7 in)/102.0 m (334 ft 8 in)
Beam:	13.5 m (44 ft 3 in)
Draught:	5.8 m (19 ft 0 in)
Installed power:	3,000 hp (2,200 kW)
Propulsion:	1 × Burmeister & Wain diesel Single shaft
Speed:	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Crew:	265
Armament:	4 × 6-inch guns (not used in later years) 8 × 40 mm Bofors 6 × 20 mm Depth charges 380 mines

HSwMS Älvsnabben was a minelayer of the Swedish Navy. She was built as a freighter, but was requisitioned by the Swedish Navy in 1943.

A single screw and good fuel economy meant that she was used as the cadet training vessel of the Swedish Navy for a number of years, and she travelled the globe multiple times.

References

(Swedish) Örlogsfartyg (Swedish naval Vessels); 2003.
(Swedish) Örlogsfartyg - Svenska maskindrivna fartyg under tretungad flagg 2003. ISBN 91-974384-3-X

Swedish naval ship classes of World War II

Coastal defence ships	Dristigheten^S Äran Oscar II^S Sverige

Armoured cruisers	Fylgia^S

Light cruisers	Gotland^S Tre Kronor^I

Protected cruisers	Clas Fleming^S

Minelayers	Älvsnabben^S

Destroyers	Wale^S Ragnar Hugin Wrangel Ehrensköld Klas Göteborg Sella^RM Mode Visby Öland^I

Torpedo boats	Komet Plejad Spica^RM

Submarines	Hajen Bävern Valen^S Draken Delfinen Sjölejonet Kust Neptun

Minesweepers	Sökaren Arholma

Patrol Boats	Jägaren

S Single ship of class RM Purchased from Regia Marina I Incomplete until the end of the war

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