HMS Visborg (A265)
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Career ( Swedish Navy) |
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| Name: | HMS Visborg |
| Builder: | Karlskronavarvet AB |
| Laid down: | 16 October 1973 |
| Launched: | 22 January 1974 |
| Commissioned: | 6 February 1976 |
| Notes: | As M03 from 1976-1998 with the role as a minelayer. |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2590 tonnes |
| Length: | 92.4m |
| Beam: | 14.7m |
| Draft: | 4m |
| Propulsion: | 2x NOHAB V12-diesels @ 1545 kW each |
| Speed: | 16 knots |
| Complement: | 40 Officers 50 Conscripts |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
PN 613 PN 619 PS 726 PE 727 PQ 826 |
| Armament: | 3x Bofors 40mm m/48 4 Machinegun groups |
HMS Visborg is the command ship for the 4th Naval Warfare Flotilla.
[edit] History
She served as a minelayer from 1976 until 1998 when she was refitted to her current role as a command ship. Her sister ship HMS Älvsborg was sold to the Chilean_Navy 1997 and renamed Almirante José Toribio Merino Castro.
[edit] References
- 4th Naval Warfare Flotilla - HMS Visborg (Swedish)
- Örlogsboken 2003 (Swedish)
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