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SWEDISH NAVY (SWEDEN)

COASTAL FORCES

GÖTEBORG corvettes (1990-1993)

Göteborg 2000

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Göteborg K21 422 Karlskronavarvet, Karlskrona 10.2.1986 12.4.1989 15.2.1990 stricken 2006
Gävle K22 423 Karlskronavarvet, Karlskrona 21.3.1988 23.3.1990 1.2.1991 in service (2019)
Kalmar K23 424 Karlskronavarvet, Karlskrona 10.9.1988 1.11.1990 1.9.1991 stricken 2006
Sundsvall K24 425 Karlskronavarvet, Karlskrona 20.11.1989 29.11.1991 7.7.1993 in service (2019)

 

 

Displacement standard, t

300

Displacement full, t

400

Length, m

50.0 pp 57.0 oa

Breadth, m

7.30 wl 8.00 oa

Draught, m

1.93 hull

No of shafts

3 waterjets

Machinery

3 MTU 16V396 TB94 diesels

Power, h. p.

8400

Max speed, kts

32

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 500(30)

Armament

4 x 2 RBS-15 SSM (8 RBS-15), 1 x 1 - 57/70 SAK57 Mk 2, 1 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors 315, 4 - 400 TT (Tp45), 4 x 9 ELMA ASWRL, 40 mines instead of SSMs

Electronic equipment PN-612, Pilot, Sea Giraffe 150HC, 2x 9GR400 radars, 2x 9LV200 Mk 3 e/o systems, SS304 Spira, TSM2643 Salmon sonars, AR-700 ECM suite, 2x 9CM300 decoy RL, 9LV Mk 3 CCS
Complement

43

Project history: Two other ships of the class, Helsingborg and Härnösand, were never ordered. All 8 SSMs can be replaced by 4 additional 400mm TTs or 2 fast RIBs.

Modernizations: 2000, Gävle, 2005, Sundsvall: - 1 x 1 - 40/70, SS304 Spira sonar, AR-700 ECM suite, 2x 9CM300 decoy RL, 9LV Mk 3 CCS; + 1 x 1 - 40/70 Sea Trinity, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, Hydra sonar, CS-5460, RAN-1101 ECM suites, 2x MASS decoy RL

2014-2015, both survived: - 4 x 2 RBS-15 SSM, 9LV Mk 3 CCS; + 4 x 2 RBS-15M Mk 3 SSM (8 RBS-15M Mk 3), 9LV Mk 3 SESYM CCS

2017, both survived: - TSM2643 Salmon sonar; + ST2400 sonar

Naval service: No significant events.

Gävle 2007

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

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