HSwMS Härnösand (K33)

History
Härnösand at Marinens Dag ("Navy Day") 2008.
Sweden
Name:	Härnösand
Namesake:	Härnösand
Ordered:	1995
Builder:	Kockums
Launched:	16 December 2004
Status:	Fitting equipment
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General characteristics
Class & type:	Visby-class corvette
Displacement:	650t
Length:	72.6 m (238 ft 2 in)
Beam:	10.4 m (34 ft 1 in)
Draught:	2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)
Propulsion:	CODAG 2 × KaMeWa Waterjets 4 × Honeywell TF 50 A gas turbines, total rating 16 MW 2 × MTU Friedrichshafen 16V 2000 N90 diesel engines, total rating 2.6 MW
Speed:	40+ knots
Complement:	27 officers 16 conscripts
Sensors and processing systems:	Ericsson Sea Giraffe ABM 3D surveillance radar CEROS 200 Fire Control Radar system Condor CS-3701 Tactical Radar Surveillance System Hull-mounted sonar Towed array sonar system Variable depth sonar
Electronic warfare & decoys:	Rheinmetall Waffe Munition MASS (Multi-Ammunition Softkill) decoy system
Armament:	1 × 57 Mk3 4 × RBS15 Mk2 AShM Mines and depth charges
Aviation facilities:	Helicopter pad

HSwMS Härnösand (K33) is the third of the new Visby-class corvettes ordered by the Swedish Government and built by Kockums. She is currently in the Karlskrona Naval Yard being fitted with additional equipment slated to be commissioning into active service 2009.

History

She was launched 16 December 2004 and named by crown princess Victoria.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to HMS Härnösand (K33).

BBC article
FMV - Official homepage
Kockums - Official homepage
Swedish navy page on the Visby trials (Swedish)

Active ships of the Swedish Navy

Corvettes

Stockholm-class	Stockholm Malmö

Göteborg-class	Gävle Sundsvall

Visby-class	Visby Helsingborg Härnösand Nyköping Karlstad

Submarines

Gotland-class	Gotland Uppland Halland

Södermanland-class	Södermanland Östergötland

Mine countermeasures vessels

Styrsö-class	Styrsö Spårö Skaftö Sturkö

Koster-class	Koster Kullen Vinga Ven Ulvön

Auxiliaries

Visby-class corvettes

Visby Helsingborg Härnösand Nyköping Karlstad Uddevalla

Preceded by: Göteborg class Followed by: None List of corvettes of the Royal Swedish Navy

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