HSwMS Nordkaparen, a Draken-class submarine of the Swedish Navy, was launched on 8 March 1961 by Saab Kockums, Malmö and commissioned on 4 April 1962.
On 18 September 1980, during a speed test, Nordkaparen was underwater and was called by a navy helicopter to verify if another submarine was present for a simultaneous test. The submarine replied that it was alone and stepped to the surface for safety reasons. Just as Nordkaparen broke the water surface, a submarine passed under the keel by a margin of a few decimetres. This incident was followed by a two-week submarine hunt.
She was decommissioned in 1988 and became a museum ship in Maritiman, Gothenburg.
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Written by Nik Frost
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