Halland class destroyer

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HMS Halland
HMS Halland
Class overview
In commission: Sweden: 19551982
Colombia: 19581986
Planned: 6
Completed: 4
Cancelled: 2
Preserved: 1
General characteristics (Sweden)[1]
Displacement: 2,630 tons standard
3,400 tons full load
Length: 121 m (397 ft 0 in)
Beam: 12.6 m (41 ft 4 in)
Draft: 5.5 m (18 ft 1 in)
Propulsion: 2 shaft geared turbines, 2 boilers, 58,000 hp (43,300 kW)
Speed: 35 kn (65 km/h)
Range: 3,000 nmi (6,000 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
445 nmi (824 km) at 35 knots (65 km/h)
Complement: 290
Armament: 4 × 120 mm (4.7 in) guns (2×2)
2 × 57 mm (2.2 in) guns (1×2)
6 × Bofors 40 mm AA guns (6×1)
8 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes (1×5 and 1×3)
1 or 2 launch rails for RB-08 anti-ship missiles
2 × quad Bofors anti-submarine mortars
General characteristics (Colombia)
Displacement: 2,650 tons standard
3,300 tons full load
Length: 121 m (397 ft 0 in)
Beam: 12.4 m (40 ft 8 in)
Draft: 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in)
Propulsion: 2 shaft geared turbines, 2 boilers, 55,000 hp (41,000 kW)
Speed: 32 kn (59 km/h)
Range: 3,000 nmi (6,000 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
445 nmi (824 km) at 35 knots (65 km/h)
Complement: 248
Armament: 6 × 120 mm (4.7 in) guns (3×2)
4 × Bofors 40 mm AA guns (4×1)
4 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes (1×4)
1 × quad Bofors anti-submarine mortars

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

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[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] Ships

[edit] Swedish Navy

  • HMS Halland (J18), built by Götaverken, Göteborg. Commissioned 1955. Decommissioned 1982, scrapped 1985.
  • HMS Småland (J19), built by Eriksberg, Göteborg. Commissioned 1956. Decommissioned 1979, now a museum ship in Gothenburg.
  • HMS Lappland, cancelled 1958.
  • HMS Värmland, cancelled 1958.

[edit] Colombian Navy

  • Siette de Agosto (ex-Trece de Junio) (D 06), built by Götaverken, Göteborg. Commissioned 1958. Decommissioned 1986, scrapped.
  • Viente de Junio (D 05), built by Eriksberg, Göteborg. Commissioned 1958. Decommissioned 1986, scrapped.
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