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SWEDISH NAVY (SWEDEN)

TORPEDO SHIPS

ÖSTERGÖTLAND destroyers (1958-1959)

Östergötland 1960

Östergötland 1980

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Östergötland 20, 1966- J20   Götaverken, Göteborg 1.9.1955 8.5.1956 3.3.1958 stricken 7.1982
Södermanland 21, 1966- J21 487 Eriksberg, Göteborg 1.6.1955 28.5.1956 27.7.1958 stricken 7.1982
Gästrikland 22, 1966- J22   Götaverken, Göteborg 1.10.1955 6.6.1956 14.1.1959 stricken 7.1982
Hälsingland 23, 1966- J23 491/391 Eriksberg & Kockums, Malmö 1.10.1955 14.1.1957 17.6.1959 stricken 7.1982

Displacement standard, t

2150

Displacement full, t

2600

Length, m

107.0 wl 112.0 oa

Breadth, m

11.2

Draught, m

3.70

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 sets de Laval geared steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers

Power, h. p.

47000

Max speed, kts

35

Fuel, t

oil 330

Endurance, nm(kts) 3000(20)

Armament

2 x 2 - 120/50 M42, 7 x 1 - 40/70 M48, 1 x 6 - 533 TT, 1 x 3 - 305 M51 Squid ASWRL, 60 mines

Electronic equipment Saturn, M45 radars, sonar

Complement

244

Project history: Voted 1953.

Modernizations: 1965, Gästrikland; 1967, Södermanland; 1968, Hälsingland; 1971, Östergötland: - 3 x 1 - 40/70; + 1 x 4 Rb07 SAM (16 Seacat), M44 radar

Naval service: No significant events.

Hälsingland 1980

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

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