HSwMS Carlskrona (P04)

HSwMS Carlskrona
History
Sweden
Name: Carlskrona
Builder: Karlskronavarvet, Karlskrona
Launched: 28 June 1980
Commissioned: 11 January 1982
Identification:
Status: Operational
General characteristics
Class & type: Patrol vessel
Displacement: 3,800 tonnes (3,740 long tons)
Length: 105.7 m (346 ft 9 in)
Beam: 15.2 m (49 ft 10 in)
Draft: 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in)
Speed: 20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h)
Complement:
  • 45 officers
  • 40 cadets
  • 85 conscripts
Sensors and
processing systems:
2x Fire control radars with IR/TV sights
Armament:
Aircraft carried: 1 x AW109LUH (HKP15B)
Aviation facilities: 1 spot

HSwMS Carlskrona is the longest vessel in the Swedish Navy at 105.7 metres (347 ft). Only Belos, the submarine rescue vessel, has more displacement. She was originally designed as a minelayer and is also used for exercise expeditions. She replaced HSwMS Älvsnabben in both roles.

History

During the cold war, large minelayers like Carlskrona were very important in the Swedish defense strategy, causing the ship to be without a role after the restructuring of the Swedish armed forces in the early 2000s.

Carlskrona was refitted in 2002. The refit left the ship fit for active service until at least 2018-20. In 2009-2010 she was modified for the Ocean Patrol Vessel (OPV) role and redesignated from M to P (P04). Carlskrona took part in the EUNAVFOR operation in the Gulf of Aden (Somalia) in 2010.[1] She left the naval base at Karlskrona, Sweden on the March 13, 2010, and commenced her mission as HQ ship for the EU operation on April 15.[2]

References

  1. (Swedish) HMS Carlskrona tillbaka efter piratjakten Bleking Läns Tidningar, 5 December 2010
  2. (Swedish) Från minfartyg till ledningsfartyg i rekordfart Försvarets materielverk, 19 February 2010
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