The Hvalen incident was a short and small-scale confrontation between the navies of Sweden and Germany as a consequence of the First World War. The Swedish submarine Hvalen would be mistook for an enemy vessel and fired upon while out on patrol, one Swedish sailor would perish as a consequence.
The Hvalen incident was a short and small-scale confrontation between the navies of Sweden and Germany as a consequence of the First World War. The Swedish submarine Hvalen would be mistook for an enemy vessel and fired upon while out on patrol, one Swedish sailor would perish as a consequence.
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