HSwMS M20

History
Name: M 20
Launched: 1941
Commissioned: 18 December 1941
Decommissioned: 2005
Status: Museum ship
General characteristics
Type: Minesweeper
Displacement: 70 long tons (71 t)
Length: 27 m (88 ft 7 in)
Beam: 5 m (16 ft 5 in)
Draught: 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in)
Speed: 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Armament: • 1× 20 mm cannon

HSwMS M 20 was a minesweeper that served in the Swedish Navy. Built in 1941 of mahogany on a steel frame, M 20 represents legendary shipbuilding and was in service from 1941 until 2005.

Decommissioned in 2005 she is now owned by SMM (Swedish Maritime Museums) and operated and maintained by the association "Föreningen M 20".

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