 HSwMS Östergötland |
Class overview |
Name | Östergötland class |
Builders | Götaverken, Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstad, Kockums Mekaniska Verkstads AB |
Operators | Swedish Navy |
Preceded by | Halland class |
Succeeded by | None to date (As of July 2022[update]) |
In commission | Sweden: 1958–1982 |
Completed | 4 |
Retired | 4 |
General characteristics [1] |
Type | Destroyer |
Displacement |
- 2,150 tons standard
- 2,600 tons full load
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Length | 112 m (367 ft 5 in) |
Beam | 11.2 m (36 ft 9 in) |
Draft | 3.7 m (12 ft 2 in) |
Propulsion | 2 shaft geared turbines, 2 boilers, 47,000 hp (35,000 kW) |
Speed | 35 kn (65 km/h) |
Range | 3,000 nmi (6,000 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h) |
Complement | 244 |
Armament |
- 4 × 120 mm (4.7 in) guns m/44 (2×2)
- 7 × Bofors 40 mm AA guns m/48 (7×1)
- 6 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes (1×6 ) for Wire-guided Torped 61
- 1 Squid anti-submarine mortar
- 1 quadruple Seacat SAM launcher replaced 3 - 40mm guns in 1960's
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Notes | Ships of the class took part in a number of incidents and confrontations involving Soviet incursions into Swedish waters during the late 1970s and early 1980s, most notably the Whiskey on the rocks incident in 1981. |