Hårsfjärden
The Hårsfjärden is a fjord off the Baltic Sea near Stockholm, Sweden. It has been a Swedish naval base area.[citation needed]
It was the location of the Hårsfjärden incident, during October 1–13, 1982, in which Swedish forces appeared to have trapped a foreign submarine, believed to be Soviet, but the submarine escaped.[1]
The Hårsfjärden was the location of three destroyers sunk in an explosion on 17 September 1941, during World War II. The three destroyers sunk at the Naval base on the fjord were Göteborg, Klas Horn and Klas Ugla. Göteborg and Klas Horn were later salvaged and returned to service, while Klas Ugla was scrapped.[2][3]
References
- ^ Bynander, Fredrik (1998). "The 1982 Swedish Hårsfjärden Submarine Incident". Cooperation and Conflict. 33 (4). SAGE: 367–407.
{{cite journal}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Whitley, M.J. (2000). Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. London: Cassell & Co. p. 249. ISBN 1-85409-521-8.
- ^ Gardiner, Robert; Chesneau, Roger, eds. (1980). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Conway Maritime Press. p. 372. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
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