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SWEDISH NAVY (SWEDEN)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

LANDSORT inshore minesweepers/minehunters (1984-1992)

Landsort 1990

Koster 2010

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Landsort M71 406 Karlskronavarvet, Karlskrona 5.10.1981 22.11.1982 19.3.1984 stricken 2010
Arholma M72 407 Karlskronavarvet, Karlskrona 13.2.1982 10.10.1984 23.11.1984 stricken 2010
Koster M73 417 Karlskronavarvet, Karlskrona 1.9.1984 16.1.1986 30.5.1986 in service (2019)
Kullen M74 418 Karlskronavarvet, Karlskrona 1.1.1985 15.8.1986 3.7.1987 in service (2019)
Vinga M75 419 Karlskronavarvet, Karlskrona 27.4.1986 14.8.1987 22.11.1987 in service (2019)
Ven M76 420 Karlskronavarvet, Karlskrona 12.1.1987 18.8.1988 12.12.1988 in service (2019)
Ulvön M77 430 Karlskronavarvet, Karlskrona 2.1.1988 4.3.1992 9.10.1992 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

310

Displacement full, t

360

Length, m

43.2 pp 47.5 oa

Breadth, m

9.60

Draught, m

2.30

No of shafts

2 Voith-Schneider vertical cycloidal propellers

Machinery

4 Saab-Scania DSI-14 diesels

Power, h. p.

1440

Max speed, kts

15

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

2000(12)

Armament

1 x 1 RBS-70 SAM (8 RBS-70), 1 x 1 - 40/70 SAK40/48 (315), 2 x 1 - 7.6/90, 4 x 9 ELMA ASW600 ASWRL, mines, 2x Sea Owl mine-disposal USV, control equipment for 3x SAM minesweeping devices, mechanical, magnetic, 2x acoustic minesweeping gear, decompression chamber

Electronic equipment

Scanter 009 radar, TVT-100 e/o system, TSM 2022 sonar, Matilde ECM suite, 2x Philax decoy RL, 9MJ400 CCS

Complement

26

Project history: Proposed eighth unit was cancelled. GRP hulls.

Modernizations: 2009, Koster, Vinga, Ulvön; 2010, Kullen, Ven: superstructures and masts were rebuilt, complement became 29; - 1 x 1 - 40/70 SAK40/48, 2x Sea Owl USV, Scanter 009 radar, TVT-100 e/o system, TSM 2022 sonar, 9MJ400 CCS; + 1 x 1 - 40/70 Sea Trinity, Double Eagle Mk 3 USV, Sea Fox USV, Bridgemaster, 9LV200 Mk 2 radars, ARTE-726 e/o system, HMS-12M sonar, IMCMS-S CCS

Naval service: No significant events.

Ven 2007

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

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