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Corvette HSwMS Karlstad (K 35)

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Classification

Ship class:
Visby-class corvette
Type:
Corvette

Basic information

Operator:
Swedish Royal NavySwedish Royal Navy
Country of build:
Builder:
Kockums Naval SolutionsKockums Naval Solutions
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Status:
Active

Ship measurements

Displacement:
650 t
Length:
72.6 m
Beam:
10.4 m
Draft:
2.5 m

Machine

Propulsion system:
CODAG
Propulsion:
  • 2 * KaMeWa Waterjets
  • 4 * Honeywell TF 50 A gas turbines, total rating 16 MW
  • 2 * MTU Friedrichshafen 16 V 2000 N90 diesel engines, total rating 2.6 MW
Speed:
35 knots
Range:
2,500 nmi (4,600 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)

Personnel

Complement:
43

Combat assets

Armor:
  • Kockums GHOST Fiber Reinforced Plastic (FRP)Hull
Electronics:
  • 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
  • Rheinmetall Waffe Munition MASS (Multi-Ammunition Softkill) decoy system
Armament:
  • 1 * 57 Mk3
  • 8 * RBS15 Mk2 AShM
  • 4 * 400mm topredo tubes (ASW torpedoes)
  • ASW gernade lauchers
  • Mines and depth charges
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