home

fighting ships of the world

SWEDISH NAVY (SWEDEN)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

HANÖ coastal minesweepers (1953)

Hanö 1975

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Hanö M51, 1.1979- V51 321 Karlskrona Varvet // Kalmar Varv 6.1950 14.5.1952 4.1953 stricken 6.1982
Tärnö M52, 1.1979- V52 322 Karlskrona Varvet // Kalmar Varv 6.1950 14.5.1952 4.1953 stricken 1988
Tjurkö M53, 1.1979- V53 328 Karlskrona Varvet // Kalmar Varv 6.1950 29.6.1951 12.1953 stricken 6.1992
Sturkö M54, 1.1979- V54 323 Karlskrona Varvet 6.1950 15.3.1952 8.1953 stricken 9.1987
Ornö M55, 1.1979- V55 324 Karlskrona Varvet 6.1950 14.6.1952 9.1953 stricken 8.1993
Utö M56, 1.1979- V56 325 Karlskrona Varvet 6.1950 27.9.1952 11.1953 stricken 6.1982

 

Displacement standard, t

280

Displacement full, t

295

Length, m

40.0

Breadth, m

7.00

Draught, m

2.40

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Nohab-Polar MG-7 diesels

Power, h. p.

910

Max speed, kts

14.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

M51-55: 2 x 1 - 40/70 M48, 1 x 6 - 57 RFL, mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear

M56: 1 x 1 - 40/70 M48, 1 x 6 - 57 RFL, mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear

Electronic equipment none

Complement

25

Project history: Coastal minesweepers, steel hulls.

Modernizations: 1960s, all: + radar

1979, all: - minesweeping gear

Naval service: In 1979 all were converted to patrol boats.

Tjurkö 1975

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

© Ivan Gogin, 2015