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
© Ivan Gogin, 2018