Zwaardvisch-class submarine
HNLMS Zwaardvis | |
| Class overview | |
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| Name | Zwaardvisch class |
| Builders | Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness |
| Operators | Royal Netherlands Navy |
| Succeeded by | Dolfijn class |
| In service | 1943–1965 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 87.3 m (286 ft 5 in) |
| Beam | 8.1 m (26 ft 7 in) |
| Draught | 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) |
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| Test depth | 60 m (200 ft) |
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The Zwaardvisch class was a class of initially two, and later four, submarines that served between 1943 and 1965 in the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN). They were former T-class submarines. Two were acquired and transferred to the RNLN during the Second World War, while another two were loaned from the Royal Navy post-war for a period of five years.