HMS Halland (Hnd)
HMS Halland |
Career (Sweden) |
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Name: |
HMS Halland |
Builder: |
Kockums |
Laid down: |
14 January 1994 |
Launched: |
19 February 1996 |
Commissioned: |
July 1997 |
Homeport: |
Karlskrona, Sweden |
Motto: |
Virtute Leonis |
Fate: |
Active in service |
General characteristics |
Displacement: |
1526 tons standard, 1647 tons submerged |
Length: |
60.4 meters (198 feet 2 inches) |
Beam: |
6.2 meters (20 feet 3 inches) |
Draught: |
5.6 meters (18 feet 4 inches) |
Propulsion: |
two diesel engines (1,300 brake horsepower each), two Stirling engines (75 kilowatts each), one electric motor (1,800 shaft horsepower), one shaft |
Speed: |
10 knots surfaced, 20 knots (37 km/h) submerged |
Endurance: |
over 14 days submerged without snorkeling |
Test depth: |
500 ft (150 m) |
Complement: |
20 officers, 15 enlisted |
Armament: |
four 533-mm (21-inch) torpedo tubes with 12 torpedoes, two 400-mm (15.75-inch) torpedo tubes with 6 torpedoes, 48 external mines |
HMS Halland (Upd) is a submarine in the Swedish Navy. It is the third submarine in the Gotland class.