HMS Spica (T121)
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.jpg/300px-Swedish_museum_ship_HMS_Spica_(T121).jpg) HMS Spica moored outside of the Vasa Museum in July 2005. The tall funnel belongs to SS Sankt Erik, moored on the other side of the jetty. |
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| Career (Sweden) |  |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Götaverken AB |
| Launched: | 24 June 1966 |
| Decommissioned: | 1989 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 210 tons |
| Length: | 42.5 m |
| Beam: | 7.1 m |
| Draught: | 2.6 m |
| Propulsion: | Three Bristol-Siddeley 4,250 HP gas-turbines driving 3 hydraulically controllable pitch screws |
| Speed: | 40 knots+ |
| Complement: | 30 |
| Armament: | 57 mm Bofors dual purpose gun, six 53 cm wire-guided torpedoes, two 7,62 mm machine guns, Flare and chaff rockets, naval mines and/or depth charges |
HMS Spica (T121) is a former Royal Swedish Navy torpedo boat, now a museum ship at the Vasa Museum in Stockholm, Sweden.
The vessel was one of three constructed in the 1960s by Götaverken AB on Hisingen, the other two being HMS Sirius (T122) and HMS Capella (T123). Three similar vessels were built by Karlskronavarvet.
The vessel was taken out of service in 1989 and made into a museum ship at the Naval Museum in her former home port of Karlskrona until 2002.
[edit] References
- Welcome to T 121 Spica. Spicas Vänner. Retrieved on 2007-07-30.
