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SWEDISH NAVY (SWEDEN)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

EJDERN sonobuoy craft (1991-1992)

Names

B01 Ejdern

B02 Krickan

B03 Svärtan

B04 Viggen

Builders

Djupviks, Tjörn: B01-04

Commissioned

1991: B01-03

1992: B04

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

2004: B01

2009: B03, 04

2015: B02

 

Displacement standard, t

34

Displacement full, t

36

Length, m

17.4 pp 19.0 oa

Breadth, m

4.98

Draught, m

1.00

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Volvo-Penta TAMD-122A diesels

Power, h. p.

800

Max speed, kts

15

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 7 (fitted for)

Electronic equipment Terma radar

Complement

10

Project history: Sonobuoy monitoring boats. Equipped to deploy six recoverable hydrophones for use in detecting intruders in Swedish waters.

Modernizations: none.

Naval service: no significant events.

Viggen 2003

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