HMS Östergötland |
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Operators: | Swedish Navy |
| Preceded by: | Halland class destroyer |
| Succeeded by: | None |
| In commission: | Sweden: 1955–1982 |
| Completed: | 4 |
| Retired: | 4 |
| Preserved: | 0 |
| General characteristics (Sweden)[1] | |
| Displacement: | 2,150 tons standard 2,600 tons full load |
| Length: | 112 m (367 ft 5 in) |
| Beam: | 11.2 m (36 ft 9 in) |
| Draft: | 3.7 m (12 ft 2 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft geared turbines, 2 boilers, 47,000 hp (35,000 kW) |
| Speed: | 35 kn (65 km/h) |
| Range: | 3,000 nmi (6,000 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h) |
| Complement: | 244 |
| Armament: | 4 × 120 mm (4.7 in) guns (2×2) 7 × Bofors 40 mm AA guns (7×1) 6 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes (1×6 ) for Wire-guided Torped 61 1 Squid anti-submarine mortar 1 quadruple Seacat SAM launcher replaced 3 - 40mm guns in 1960's |
The Östergötland class were a group of destroyers built for the Swedish Navy in the late 1950's. They were smaller than the preceding Halland class destroyers and were decommissioned in 1982.
| ship | Pennant number | builder | commissioned | fate |
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| HMS Östergötland | J20 | Götaverken, Göteborg | 1958 | Decommissioned 1982, |
| HMS Södermanland | J21 | Eriksberg Göteborg | 1958 | Decommissioned 1982 |
| HMS Gästrikland | J22 | Götaverken, Göteborg | 1959 | Decommissioned 1982 |
| HMS Hälsingland | J22 | Eriksberg Göteborg | 1959 | Decommissioned 1982 |
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