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History
Sweden
Name:	Hvalen
Builder:	Fiat-San Giorgio, La Spezia Italy[1]
Launched:	16 February 1909[1]
Commissioned:	1909
Decommissioned:	1919
General characteristics [1]
Class and type:	Foca Class
Displacement:	187 long tons (190 t) surfaced 230 long tons (230 t) submerged
Length:	42.4 m (139 ft 1 in)
Beam:	4.3 m (14 ft 1 in)
Draught:	2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
Propulsion:	3 × petrol engines, 750 hp (560 kW) 1× electric motor, 150 hp (110 kW)
Speed:	14.8 knots (27.4 km/h; 17.0 mph) surfaced, 6.3 knots (11.7 km/h; 7.2 mph) submerged
Test depth:	30 m[citation needed]
Complement:	17
Armament:	2 x 45.7 cm torpedo tubes

HSwMS Hvalen was a submarine of the Swedish Navy. Constructed in Italy, the submarine sailed the entire way to Sweden for her commissioning unaccompanied.^[1] In October 1915 she became involved in a diplomatic incident between neutral Sweden, and Germany, which was then engaged in fighting Britain in the First World War. Following a series of sinkings of German cargo ships and naval vessels in the Baltic sea by British submarines entering the Baltic through the (Swedish-controlled) Öresund straits, a German warship opened fire on Hvalen killing a crew-member.^{[citation needed]} According to the captain of the Hvalen, she was flying the Swedish naval flag and in Swedish home waters at the time she was fired on.
^[2] Compensation was later paid to the widow of the crew-member and an apology was issued.^[3]

References

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  Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal, eds. (1986). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5. 
  

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