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Saturday, 23 February 2019

Swedish navy desired two types of submarines according to the magazine Mitteilungen aus dem Gebiete des Seewesens dated 1907 No. 11

An item reported that in September 1906 a commission with as chairman rear admiral C. Olsen was appointed which had to develop a blueprint for the Swedish navy in the coming years. In January was a shipbuilding program presented in which the demands for several types of warships specified.

There were two types of submarines to be built. One for service in open waters with a displacement of 240 tons and building costs of 750.000 crones and the second one for the coastal waters with a displacement of 150 tons and building costs 375.000 crones.