Halland class destroyer

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The Halland class destroyers were two ships built for Swedish Navy in the 1950s. Four ships were planned but the second pair were cancelled. Two modified ships were exported to the Colombian Navy

Contents 1 Design 2 General Characteristics 2.1 Swedish Ships 2.2 Colombian Ships 3 Ships

[edit] Design

These were general purpose ships with strong anti submarine and anti surface warfare armament. They were re-fitted in the 1960s and re-armed with Saab RB-08 anti shipping missiles. The Columbian ships had a more anti surface focussed armament

[edit] General Characteristics

From Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995

[edit] Swedish Ships

• Displacement: 2630 standard, 3400 tons full load
• Length: 121 m
• Beam: 12.6 m
• Draught: 5.5 m
• Machinery: 2 shaft geared turbines, 2 boilers, 58,000 hp
• Speed: 35 knots
• Range: 3000 nm at 20 knots or 445 nm at 35 knots
• Armament:
  • 4 - 120mm guns (2x2)
  • 2 - 57 mm guns (1x2)
  • 6 - 40mm Bofors AA guns (6x1)
  • 8 - 533mm torpedo tubes (1x5 and 1x3)
  • 1 SSM launcher
  • 2 - quad Bofors anti-submarine mortars
• Crew: 290

[edit] Colombian Ships

• Displacement: 2650 standard, 3300 tons full load
• Length: 121 m
• Beam: 12.4 m
• Draught: 4.7 m
• Machinery: 2 shaft geared turbines, 2 boilers, 55,000 hp
• Speed: 32 knots
• Range: 3000 nm at 20 knots or 445 nm at 35 knots
• Armament:
  • 6 - 120mm guns (3x2)
  • 4 - 40mm Bofors AA guns (4x1)
  • 4 - 533mm torpedo tubes (1x4)
  • 1 - quad Bofors anti-submarine mortars
• Crew: 248

[edit] Ships

Royal Swedish Navy

ship	Pennant number	builder	commissioned	fate
HMSwS Halland	J18	Götaverken, Göteborg	1955	Decommissioned 1982, Scrapped 1985
HMSwS Småland	J19	Eriksberg, Göteborg	1956	Decommissioned 1979 - museum ship in Gothenburg
HMSwS Lappland				Cancelled 1958
HMSwS Värmland				Cancelled 1958

Colombian Navy

ship	Pennant number	builder	commissioned	fate
Siette de Agosto (ex Trece de Junio)	D 06	Götaverken, Göteborg	1958	Decommissioned 1986, Scrapped
Viente de Junio	D 05	Eriksberg, Göteborg	1958	Decommissioned 1986, Scrapped