Göteborg class corvette
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 K22 HMS Gävle |
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| Class overview | |
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| Builders: | Karlskronavarvet AB |
| Operators: |  Swedish Navy |
| In commission: | 13 April 1989 |
| Planned: | 6 |
| Completed: | 4 |
| Cancelled: | 2 |
| Active: | HMS Göteborg HMS Gävle HMS Kalmar HMS Sundsvall |
| Retired: | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 380/425 tonnes |
| Length: | 57m |
| Beam: | 8m |
| Draft: | 2m |
| Propulsion: | 3x MTU diesel engines @ 2130kW/each |
| Speed: | 30 knots |
| Range: | 2000nm |
| Complement: | 23 Officers 18 Conscripts |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
Sea Giraffe HC150 Radar PN612 Navigation Radar 2x Fire Control Sights(SAAB) CS-3701 Simrad SS 304 Spira HMS STN Atlas Elektronik, TAS Thales TSM 2643 Salmon VDS |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: |
Rheinmetall Waffe Munition MASS (Multi-Ammuntion Softkill) decoy system |
| Armament: | 1 × Bofors 57mm MKII 1x Bofors 40mm 8 × RBS15 MkII AShM 4 × 400 mm tubes for Type 43/45 torpedoes 4x ELMA Antisubmarine grenadethrowers Mines & Depthcharges |
Göteborg class corvette is a class of corvettes in the Royal Swedish Navy, that was built in 1990-1993. Armed with eight RBS-15 anti-ship missiles, torpedoes, one 57mm cannon and one 40mm cannon.
The class was meant to search and destroy Soviet submarines and surface ships when it was designed. Today it has also been given the role to act in international crises. Two ships of the class, the HMS Gävle and HMS Sundsvall, took part in the United Nations operation off the coast of Lebanon in 2006 and 2007 following the Israeli war against Hezbollah.
[edit] Units
| Bow number | Ship name | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Service | Status |
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| K21 | HMS Göteborg | 10 February 1986 | 13 April 1989 | 15 February 1990 | 4th Naval Warfare Flotilla | Decommissioned/Mothballed |
| K22 | HMS Gävle | 12 January 1987 | 23 March 1990 | 17 September 1990 | 4th Naval Warfare Flotilla | Active |
| K23 | HMS Kalmar | 21 September 1988 | 1 November 1990 | 1 September 1991 | 4th Naval Warfare Flotilla | Decommissioned/Mothballed |
| K24 | HMS Sundsvall | March 1989 | 29 November 1991 | 7 June 1993 | 4th Naval Warfare Flotilla | Active |
| K25 | HMS Helsingborg | Cancelled | ||||
| K26 | HMS Härnösand | Cancelled |
[edit] References
- Swedish Navy - Göteborgsklass (Swedish)
- 4th Naval Warfare Flotilla - Korvett Typ Göteborg (Swedish)
- Soldf - Korvett typ Göteborg (Swedish)
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