HMS Småland
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The Swedish destroyer HMS Småland |
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Ordered: | |
Laid down: | 1952 |
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Commissioned: | 1956 |
Decommissioned: | 1979 |
Fate: | Museum ship in Gothenburg |
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General Characteristics | |
Displacement: | 3344 tons |
Length: | 121 meters |
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Propulsion: | 2 × Steam Turbines |
Speed: | 35 knots |
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Complement: | 259 men |
Armament: | 2 × dual Bofors 120 mm akan m/50, 1 × dual Bofors 57 mm akan m/50, 6 × Bofors 40 mm akan m/48E, 4 × dual torpedo-tubes, 1 × Robot 08A anti-ship missile, 2 × quad Bofors 375 mm aurak m/50, 58 × mines |
Aircraft: | 1 × Helicopter |
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HMS Småland is a Swedish Halland-class destroyer. She and HMS Halland where the only ones built of their class. Two more ships were ordered but they were never completed.
She was decommissioned in 1979, and has since 1987 been a part of the Gothenburg maritime centre where she is the largest vessel on display.
[edit] See also
- Royal Swedish Navy
- Swedish National Maritime Museums
- Regalskeppet Kronan