HSwMS Gävle (K22)

	HSwMS Gävle
History
Sweden
Name	Gävle
Namesake	Gävle
Builder	Karlskrona
Laid down	12 January 1987
Launched	23 March 1990
Commissioned	17 September 1990
Identification	Pennant number: K22
Status	Active
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General characteristics
Class and type	Göteborg-class corvette
Displacement	380 tons
Length	57 m (187 ft 0 in) (o/a)
Beam	7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)
Draught	2.6 m (8 ft 6 in)
Speed	26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph)
Armament	1 × 57 mm (2.2 in) gun; 1 × 40 mm (1.6 in) gun; 40 cm (16 in) anti-submarine torpedoes; Anti-ship missiles; Anti-submarine granades; Depth charges; Mines{;
Notes	Alternative armament or combinations of various weapons.

HSwMS Gävle (K22) is a Swedish Navy Göteborg-class corvette, named after the Swedish city of Gävle.^[2]

Development and design[]

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.

HSwMS Sundsvall and Gävle will receive modification in 2019–2020. After the modification the corvettes will be named Gävle class.^[3]

The ship was launched on 23 March 1990 at Karlskrona and entered naval service on 17 September 1990.

Together with its sister ship Sundsvall, they took part in the United Nations operation off the coast of Lebanon following the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah.^[4]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Örlogsboken (in Swedish) (2003 ed.). Stockholm: Försvarsmakten, Operativa insatsledningen. 2003. p. 34. SELIBR 9059217.
^ "Swedish Navy Handbook (in Swedish)". Scribd. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
^ "Miljardorder till varvet i Karlskrona". Sydöstran (in Swedish). 30 June 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
^ "Swedish Armed Forces: The Swedish Navy". Forsvarsmakten.se. Retrieved 20 October 2014.

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Gävle Göteborg Kalmar Sundsvall
Preceded by: Stockholm class Followed by: Visby class
List of corvettes of the Swedish Navy

History
HSwMS Gävle
Sweden
Name	Gävle
Namesake	Gävle
Builder	Karlskrona
Laid down	12 January 1987
Launched	23 March 1990
Commissioned	17 September 1990
Identification	Pennant number: K22
Status	Active
Badge
General characteristics
Class and type	Göteborg-class corvette
Displacement	380 tons
Length	57 m (187 ft 0 in) (o/a)
Beam	7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)
Draught	2.6 m (8 ft 6 in)
Speed	26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph)
Armament	1 × 57 mm (2.2 in) gun 1 × 40 mm (1.6 in) gun 40 cm (16 in) anti-submarine torpedoes Anti-ship missiles^[1] Anti-submarine granades Depth charges^[1] Mines{^[1]
Notes	Alternative armament or combinations of various weapons.^[1]