What You Need to Know: Sweden’s Gotland-class submarines have proven indispensable in safeguarding Baltic waters, particularly against Russian incursions. Built in the 1990s and equipped with ...

During a 1999 NATO exercise, the Dutch Walrus-class diesel-electric submarine HNLMS Walrus achieved a remarkable feat by ...

A Gotland-class sub can even operate close to the seabed, which only enhances the submarine’s stealth, as it helps to reduce the sub’s acoustic signature.

What You Need to Know: For years, Sweden’s Gotland-class diesel-electric submarines have stood as some of the most advanced vessels in the nation’s navy. Pioneering the use of the Stirling ...

The Gotland Class can also act like a traditional diesel-electric submarine and run on its standard diesel engines while surfaced or snorkeling.

The three-boat Gotland class were constructed between 1990-1997 and had already received upgrades in the early years of their service life, before the latest upgrade process. Mats Wicksell, head of ...

Dec. 18 (UPI) --A 1990s-era Swedish submarine was relaunched after a 12-month mid-life upgrade, defense contractor Saab announced Friday. The HMS Uppland, the second in the Gotland class of three ...

The second of the three-boat Gotland-class submarines is through its midlife overhaul and in sea trials, Saab says.

Saab delivered the second Gotland -class submarine to the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration after an extensive mid-life upgrade, it was announced on 16 December. The upgrades to HMS Uppland ...

Swedish submarine HSwMS Gotland with the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan in the background. US Navy Gotland-class subs are known to be hard to detect. They use an air-independent propulsion ...

July 9, 2015: Sweden has finally settled on a replacement for its Cold War era Gotland class submarines. Two A26 subs will enter service in 2018 and 2019 and eventually replace the three Gotlands that ...

The diesel-electric Gotland was the first submarine designed from the start to use air-independent propulsion (AIP) and could remain submerged for 19 days. Gotlands were among the quietest non-nuclear ...