HSwMS Småland (J19)

An anti-aircraft gun of HSwMS Småland
History
Sweden
Name: Småland
Builder: Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstads AB, Gothenburg
Laid down: 1951
Launched: 23 October 1952
Commissioned: 12 January 1956
Decommissioned: 1979
Out of service: 1 July 1984
Identification: J19
Fate: Museum ship in Gothenburg
General characteristics [1][2]
Class and type: Halland-class destroyer
Displacement:
  • 2,670 t (2,630 long tons) standard
  • 3,344 t (3,291 long tons) full load
Length: 121.6 m (398 ft 11 in)
Beam: 12.1 m (39 ft 8 in)
Draft: 4.24 m (13 ft 11 in)
Propulsion: 2 shaft geared turbines, 2 boilers, 58,000 hp (43,000 kW)
Speed: 37 kn (69 km/h; 43 mph)
Range:
  • 3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
  • 445 nmi (824 km; 512 mi) at 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement: 272 (peacetime)
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Radar Scanter 009
  • Thomson-CSF Saturn
  • HSA M22
Armament:

HSwMS Småland (J19) is a Swedish Halland-class destroyer. She and HSwMS Halland were the only ones built of their class. Two more ships were ordered but they were never completed.

She was decommissioned in 1979, and since 1987 has been a museum ship at Maritiman in Gothenburg, where she is the largest vessel on display.

See also


Citations

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995
  2. ↑ "Destroyer Smaland, Maritiman". Retrieved 20 July 2015.

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Coordinates: 57°42′34.0″N 11°57′35.0″E / 57.709444°N 11.959722°E / 57.709444; 11.959722

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