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SWEDISH NAVY (SWEDEN)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

UTÖ mine-countermeasures support ship (1973/1989)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Utö (ex-Smit Manila, ex-Seaford, ex-Seaford Challenger) A261 1548 Drypool Group, Cochrane SY, Selby, UK     1973 // 4.1989 stricken 2003

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

1800

Length, m

49.0 pp 55.9 oa

Breadth, m

11.8 wl 12.3 oa

Draught, m

4.57

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Mirrlees Blackstone EZ SL 16M diesels

Power, h. p.

5000

Max speed, kts

14

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 7

Electronic equipment

Scanter 009 radar

Complement

65

Project history: Former oilfield support tug/salvage and diving tender, converted as MCM craft tender and command ship for mine countermeasures operations (33 from complement of 65 were mine warfare staff).

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Utö 1999

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

© Ivan Gogin, 2018