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SWEDISH NAVY (SWEDEN)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

ARKÖ coastal minesweepers (1958-1964)

Arkö 1975

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Arkö M57   Oskarshamns Varv   21.1.1957 6.1958 stricken 1995
Spårö M58   Oskarshamns Varv // Fisksätra Varv   1.7.1957 7.1958 stricken 6.1985
Karlsö M59   Oskarshamns Varv // Fisksätra Varv   20.12.1957 10.1958 stricken 7.1984
Iggö M60   Kalmar Varv // Fisksätra Varv   1961 12.1961 stricken 6.1986
Styrsö M61 348 Kalmar Varv // Karlskrona Varvet   15.9.1960 5.1962 stricken 2.1989
Skaftö M62   Kalmar Varv // Fisksätra Varv   1961 8.1962 stricken 8.1990
Aspö M63 351 Karlskrona Varvet   1962 6.1962 stricken 6.1989
Hasslö M64 352 Karlskrona Varvet   1962 12.1962 stricken 2.1989
Vinö M65 354 Karlskrona Varvet   1962 6.1963 stricken 7.1981
Vållö M66   Helsingborg Varfs // Fisksätra Varv   1963 10.1963 stricken 7.1980
Nämdö M67 355 Helsingborg Varfs // Karlskrona Varvet   1964 5.1964 stricken 2009
Blidö M68 356 Helsingborg Varfs // Karlskrona Varvet   1963 11.1964 stricken 1995

 

Displacement standard, t

272

Displacement full, t

300

Length, m

39.9 pp 44.0 oa

Breadth, m

7.00

Draught, m

2.40

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Mercedes-Benz MTU 12V493 diesels

Power, h. p.

1600

Max speed, kts

14.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 40/70 M48, 1 x 6 - 57 RFL, mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear

Electronic equipment radar

Complement

25

Project history: Coastal minesweepers, wooden hulls.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Arkö 1979

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

© Ivan Gogin, 2015