Halland 1960
Halland 1978
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Halland | 18, 1966- J18 | Götaverken, Göteborg | 1951 | 16.7.1952 | 8.6.1955 | stricken 6.1987 | |
Småland | 19, 1966- J19 | 433 | Eriksberg, Göteborg | 1951 | 23.10.1952 | 12.1.1956 | stricken 7.1984 |
Displacement standard, t |
2630 |
Displacement full, t |
3400 |
Length, m |
116.0 wl 121.0 oa |
Breadth, m |
12.6 |
Draught, m |
5.50 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 sets de Laval geared steam turbines, 2 Penhoët boilers |
Power, h. p. |
58000 |
Max speed, kts |
35 |
Fuel, t |
oil 524 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 3000(20) |
Armament |
1 x 2 Rb315 SSM (2 Rb315), 2 x 2 - 120/50 M50, 1 x 2 - 57/60 M50, 6 x 1 - 40/70 M48, 1 x 5 - 533 TT, 1 x 3 - 533 TT, 2 x 4 - 375 M50 ASWRL, 2 DCR, 58 mines, 2 x 6 - 103 RFL on 120mm turrets |
Electronic equipment | Scanter 009, Saturn, M45 radars, sonars |
Complement |
290 |
Project history: Voted 19 November 1948. First non-Soviet destroyers with anti-ship missiles. Bofors 120mm guns were fully automatic (40rpm) and also AA. Missile magazine was below aft superstructure with launcher above the aft triple TT.
In 1955 there were voted Lappland and Värmland, but their building was newer begun and they were cancelled in 1958.
Modernizations: 1962, Halland; 1964, Småland: - 1 x 1 Rb315 SSM; + 1 x 2 Rb08 SSM (2 Rb08)
1967, Småland; 1969, Halland: - 1 x 2 Rb08 SSM, Scanter 009, M45 radars; + 1 x 2 Rb20 SSM (2 Rb20), LW-02/03, 9LV 200 Mk 2, WM20 radars
1980, Halland: - LW-02/03 radar
Naval service: Halland served as TS from 1980.
Småland 1979
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
© Ivan Gogin, 2015