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SWEDISH NAVY (SWEDEN)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

ÄLVSBORG minelayers (1971-1976)

Älvsborg 2000

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Älvsborg M02 366 Karlskronavarvet, Karlskrona 16.11.1968 11.11.1969 10.4.1971 auxiliary A234 1993, to Chile 2.1997 (Almirante José Toribio Merino Castro)
Visborg M03 381 Karlskronavarvet, Karlskrona 16.10.1973 22.1.1975 6.2.1976 auxiliary A265 1999, stricken 12.2010

 

Displacement standard, t

M02: 2500

M03: 2400

Displacement full, t

M02: 2660

M03: 2540

Length, m

83.3 pp 92.4 oa

Breadth, m

14.7

Draught, m

4.00

No of shafts

1

Machinery

2 Nohab-Polar 112VS diesels

Power, h. p.

4200

Max speed, kts

16

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

3 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors SAK40/48 (315), 300 mines, helicopter deck

Electronic equipment

Scanter 009, Raytheon nav., M22 radars

Complement

97

Project history: Älvsborg was also used as a submarine tender with accommodation for five crews (205 men). Visborg was also used as a command ship with accommodation for 155 staff members.

Modernizations: 1977-1978, both: - M22 radar; + Sea Giraffe 50HC, 9LV 200 radars, AR-700 ECM suite, 2x Philax decoy RL

Naval service: No significant events.

Visborg 1979

Visborg 2007

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