Visby-class corvette
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The Visby class is a series of corvettes in use by the Swedish Navy. It is the latest class of corvette adopted by the navy after the Göteborg and Stockholm-class corvettes. Its design emphasizes low visibility radar cross-section and infrared signature, and the class has received widespread international attention because of its capabilities as a stealth ship. The first ship in the class is named after Visby, the main city on the island of Gotland.
HSwMS Helsingborg off Gotska Sandön | |
Class overview | |
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Name | Visby class |
Builders | Kockums |
Operators | Swedish Navy |
Preceded by | Göteborg class |
Succeeded by | Luleå class |
Cost | US$184 million[1] |
In commission | 16 December 2009 |
Planned | 6 |
Completed | 5 |
Cancelled | 1 |
Active | 5 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Corvette |
Displacement | 640 tonnes |
Length | 72.7 m (238 ft 6 in) |
Beam | 10.4 m (34 ft 1 in) |
Draught | 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)+ |
Range | 2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 43 |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | Rheinmetall TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System) |
Armament |
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Aviation facilities | AW109 helicopter pad |
The Visby ships are designed by Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) and built by Saab Kockums AB in Karlskrona.[3] The first ship of the class was launched in 2000, but production then suffered repeated delays. The fifth and final ship was delivered in 2015.