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SWEDISH NAVY (SWEDEN)

COASTAL FORCES

SMYGE surface effect ship (missile) (1991)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Smyge   431 Karlskronavarvet, Karlskrona   3.1991 30.8.1991 preserved 1998

 

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

140

Length, m

27.0 wl 30.4 oa

Breadth, m

11.4

Draught, m

1.90 rest 0.70 on cushion

No of shafts

2 waterjets, 2 lift fans

Machinery

2 MTU 16V396 TB94 diesels (propulsion) + 2 Saab DSI-14 diesels (air cushion)

Power, h. p.

5550 + 1250

Max speed, kts

50

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

provision for: 2 x 1 RBS-15 SSM (2 RBS-15), 1 x 1 - 40/70 Sea Trinity, 1 - 400 TT

Electronic equipment nav. radar, TSM2643 sonar
Complement

14

Project history: Unique trials craft to test radar, noise and IR signature-reduction techniques. Rigid-sidewall catamaran with bow and stern flexible air seals. External hull was shaped in flat planes and coated with radar-absorbent material. The missile launchers were buried below decks amidships and TT exists the stern. The 40mm gun was placed aft.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Smyge

Smyge

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

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