Göteborg-class corvette
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HSwMS Gävle in Visby harbour in 2006 | |
Class overview | |
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Name | Göteborg class |
Builders | Karlskronavarvet AB |
Operators | ![]() |
Preceded by | Stockholm class |
Succeeded by | Visby class |
Subclasses | Gävle class |
In commission | 13 April 1989 |
Planned | 6 |
Completed | 4 |
Cancelled | 2 |
Active | 2 |
Retired | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Corvette |
Displacement | 380/425 tonnes |
Length | 57 m (187 ft 0 in) |
Beam | 8 m (26 ft 3 in) |
Draft | 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
Range | 3,704 km (2,000 nmi; 2,302 mi) |
Complement |
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Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | Rheinmetall TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System) |
Armament |
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The Göteborg class is a class of corvettes in the Swedish Navy, built between 1986 and 1993. The class was originally designed to destroy Soviet submarines and surface vessels, and is armed with eight RBS-15 anti-ship missiles, torpedoes, one 57 mm cannon, and one 40 mm cannon.
The Swedish Navy originally planned to acquire six Göteborg-class corvettes, but following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the final two were cancelled.
Two of the four corvettes built remained in service as of 2021[update]. Modified in 2019, the two vessels form the subclass Gävle class. Both vessels, HSwMS Gävle and HSwMS Sundsvall, took part in a United Nations operation off the coast of Lebanon in 2006 and 2007, following the 2006 Lebanon War.
Gävle subclass
[edit]Sundsvall and Gävle were modified in 2019–2022. After the modification, the remaining ships were given the subclass name, the Gävle class, as HSwMS Göteborg had been mothballed.[2][3] During the upgrade the corvettes received new equipment bringing them to the same standard as the Visby class, a significant step in terms of capabilities.[4]
Units
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Bow number | Ship name | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Service | Status |
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K21 | Göteborg | 10 February 1986 | 13 April 1989 | 15 February 1990 | 4th Naval Warfare Flotilla | Decommissioned/mothballed |
K22 | Gävle | 12 January 1987 | 23 March 1990 | 17 September 1990 | 4th Naval Warfare Flotilla | Active |
K23 | Kalmar | 21 September 1988 | 1 November 1990 | 1 September 1991 | 4th Naval Warfare Flotilla | Decommissioned/mothballed |
K24 | Sundsvall | March 1989 | 29 November 1991 | 7 June 1993 | 4th Naval Warfare Flotilla | Active |
K25 | Helsingborg | Cancelled | ||||
K26 | Härnösand |
References
[edit]- ^ "Korvett typ Göteborg - Kockums". Archived from the original on 2010-08-28. Retrieved 2010-11-22.
- ^ "Miljardorder till varvet i Karlskrona". 30 June 2017.
- ^ "Korvett Gävle".
- ^ "FMV levererar moderniserad korvett till Försvarsmakten". www.fmv.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-02-11.
External links
[edit]- Swedish Navy – Göteborgsklass. (in Swedish)
- Soldf.com – Korvett typ Göteborg. (in Swedish)