HSwMS Härnösand (K33)

Härnösand at Marinens Dag ("Navy Day") 2008.
History
Sweden
Name:	Härnösand
Namesake:	Härnösand
Ordered:	1995
Builder:	Kockums
Launched:	16 December 2004
Status:	Fitting equipment
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General characteristics
Class and type:	Visby-class corvette
Displacement:	650t
Length:	72.6 m (238 ft 2 in)
Beam:	10.4 m (34 ft 1 in)
Draught:	2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)
Propulsion:	CODAG 2 × KaMeWa Waterjets 4 × Honeywell TF 50 A gas turbines, total rating 16 MW 2 × MTU Friedrichshafen 16V 2000 N90 diesel engines, total rating 2.6 MW
Speed:	40+ knots
Complement:	27 officers 16 conscripts
Sensors and processing systems:	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
Electronic warfare & decoys:	Rheinmetall Waffe Munition MASS (Multi-Ammunition Softkill) decoy system
Armament:	1 × 57 Mk3 4 × RBS15 Mk2 AShM Mines and depth charges
Aviation facilities:	Helicopter pad

HSwMS Härnösand (K33) is the third of the new Visby-class corvettes ordered by the Swedish Government and built by Kockums. She is currently in the Karlskrona Naval Yard being fitted with additional equipment slated to be commissioning into active service 2009.

History

She was launched 16 December 2004 and named by crown princess Victoria.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to HMS Härnösand (K33).

• BBC article
• FMV - Official homepage
• Kockums - Official homepage
• Swedish navy page on the Visby trials (Swedish)

Active ships of the Swedish Navy
Corvettes	Stockholm-class Stockholm Malmö Göteborg-class Gävle Sundsvall Visby-class Visby Helsingborg Härnösand Nyköping Karlstad
Submarines	Gotland-class Gotland Uppland Halland Södermanland-class Södermanland Östergötland
Mine countermeasures vessels	Styrsö-class Styrsö Spårö Skaftö Sturkö Koster-class Koster Kullen Vinga Ven Ulvön
Auxiliaries	Belos Carlskrona Orion Trossö