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SVÄV-ARNE air-cushion landing craft (1998)

Names

Sväv-Arne

Builders

Karlskronavarvet: Sväv-Arne

Commissioned

1998: Sväv-Arne

Losses

None

Transfers

none

Discarding

2010: Sväv-Arne

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

26

Length, m

20.6

Breadth, m

8.60

Draught, m

0.35 // 0

No of shafts

2 air propellers, 2 lift fans

Machinery

2 Deutz BF12L513C diesels

Power, h. p.

1050

Max speed, kts

50 light 35 loaded

Fuel, t

diesel oil 4

Endurance, nm(kts) 600(30)

Armament

1 x 1 - 12.7/90

Military load 50 troops, 1 tracked vehicle
Electronic equipment radar

Complement

3

Project history: Coastal artillery. M-10X design of ABS Hovercraft (UK). Planned order for six more was cancelled. GRP carbon fiber hull with vinyl laminate, superstructure was kevlar re-inforced.

Modernizations: none.

Naval service: no significant events.

Sväv-Arne 1998

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