HMS Visborg (A265)

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Career (Naval flag of Sweden Swedish Navy)
Name: HMS Visborg
Builder: Karlskronavarvet AB
Laid down: 16 October 1973
Launched: 22 January 1974
Commissioned: 6 February 1976
Notes: As M03 from 1976-1998 with the role as a minelayer.
General characteristics
Displacement: 2590 tonnes
Length: 92.4m
Beam: 14.7m
Draft: 4m
Propulsion: 2x NOHAB V12-diesels @ 1545 kW each
Speed: 16 knots
Complement: 40 Officers
50 Conscripts
Sensors and
processing systems:
PN 613
PN 619
PS 726
PE 727
PQ 826
Armament: 3x Bofors 40mm m/48
4 Machinegun groups

HMS Visborg is the command ship for the 4th Naval Warfare Flotilla.

[edit] History

She served as a minelayer from 1976 until 1998 when she was refitted to her current role as a command ship. Her sister ship HMS Älvsborg was sold to the Chilean_Navy 1997 and renamed Almirante José Toribio Merino Castro.

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