HSwMS Göteborg (K21)
![]() HSwMS Göteborg
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Name | Göteborg |
Namesake | Göteborg |
Builder | Karlskrona |
Laid down | 10 February 1986 |
Launched | 13 April 1989 |
Commissioned | 15 February 1990 |
Identification | Pennant number: K21 |
Status | Decommissioned |
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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 | |
Notes | Alternative armament or combinations of various weapons.[1] |
HSwMS Göteborg (K21) is a Swedish Navy Göteborg-class corvette, named after the Swedish city of Göteborg.[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 HSwMS Gävle will receive modification in 2019–2020. After the modification the corvettes will be named Gävle class.[3]
Construction and career[]
The ship was launched on 13 April 1989 at Karlskrona and entered naval service on 15 February 1990.
References[]
- ^ 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.
Categories:
- Göteborg-class corvettes
- Corvettes of Sweden
- 1989 ships
- Ships built in Sweden
- European naval ship stubs
- Swedish history stubs