HSwMS Ystad | |
Class overview | |
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Name | Norrköping class |
Builders | Karlskrona Navy Yard |
Operators | Swedish Navy |
Preceded by | Spica class |
Subclasses | Ystad class |
Built | 1971–1976 |
In service | 1972–2005 |
Completed | 12 |
Retired | 12 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Torpedo boat / missile boat |
Displacement | 220 tons standard, 255 tons full load |
Length | 43.6 m (143 ft) |
Beam | 7.1 m (23 ft) |
Draught | 1.6 m (5 ft 3 in) |
Propulsion | 3 shaft, Bristol Proteus gas turbines 12,750 hp (9,510 kW), 3 CP propellers |
Speed | 41 knots (76 km/h; 47 mph) |
Complement | 30 |
Sensors and processing systems | Radar: Scanter 009, PEAB 9LV 200 mk1; Sea Giraffe 50HC radar post 1982–85 refits |
Electronic warfare & decoys | MARIS 880 weapons control system (post 1982–1985 refits) |
Armament |
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The Norrköping class were a group of fast attack craft built for the Swedish Navy in the 1970s. Twelve ships were built, with the last ship decommissioned in 2005. The boats have also been called the Spica II class and were named after Swedish cities.
Design
The initial design was a version of the earlier Spica-class torpedo boat with some minor changes.
Machinery
The power train was identical to the preceding class and comprised three Bristol Proteus gas turbine engines driving three propellers
Armament
The initial armament was identical to the Spica class, comprising a Bofors 57 mm gun and six 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes. There was a refit programme in 1982–1985, where four launchers for RBS-15 anti-ship missiles replaced four torpedo tubes. Mines could be carried in place of the torpedoes or missiles. The 1982 refit also included new sensors (Sea Giraffe radar) and a new weapons control system (Maris 880).
Ystad class modernisation
Six boats were modernised between 1996 and 2000 with new fire control systems and other electronics. The boats were originally set to be operated until 2010 but they were taken out of service early due to financial reasons with HSwMS Ystad decommissioning in 2005.
Royal Malaysian Navy
A version of this design was built for the Royal Malaysian Navy by Karlskrona dockyard as the Handalan class. These ships had an all diesel power plant, with a revised superstructure design, different electronics and Exocet missiles.
Ships
All ships were built by Karlskrona Dockyard
Number | Name | Launched | Decommissioned |
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T131 | Norrköping | 16 Nov 1972 | 2005 (modernised) |
T132 | Nynäshamn | 24 Apr 1973 | 2003 (modernised) |
T133 | Norrtälje | 18 Sep 1973 | 1998 |
T134 | Varberg | 2 Feb 1974 | 1998 |
T135 | Västerås | 15 May 1974 | 1998 |
T136 | Västervik | 2 Sep 1974 | 1997 – preserved as a museum ship in the Marinmuseum, Karlskrona[1] |
T137 | Umeå | 15 Jan 1975 | 1998 |
T138 | Piteå | 12 May 1975 | 2003 (modernised) |
T139 | Luleå | 19 Aug 1975 | 2000's (modernised) |
T140 | Halmstad | 17 Oct 1975 | 2005 (modernised) |
T141 | Strömstad | 26 Apr 1976 | 2005 |
T142 | Ystad | 3 Sep 1976 | 2005 (modernised) |
Citations
- ↑ "Västervik missile ship". Marinmuseum. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2019.