Halland-class destroyer

HSwMS Halland
Class overview
Preceded by: Öland class
Succeeded by: Östergötland class
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 × Bofors 120 mm 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) for Wire-guided Torped 61
1 or 2 launch rails for Robot 08 anti-ship missiles
2 × quad Bofors 375mm anti-submarine rockets
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 × Bofors 120 mm 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 the Swedish Navy in the 1950s. Four ships were planned, but the second pair were canceled. Two modified ships were exported to the Colombian Navy. These vessels were general purpose surface combatants.

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/Nord Aviation Robot 08 anti-shipping missiles (a missile derivative of the Nord Aviation CT20 drone). The Colombian ships had a more anti-surface focused armament.

Ships

Swedish Navy

Colombian Navy

Robot 08
(Coastal artillery version)

References

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995