HSwMS Sundsvall (J12)

Not to be confused with HSwMS Sundsvall (K24).
HSwMS Sundsvall in 1968.
History
Sweden
Name: Sundsvall
Laid down: 1942
Launched: October 1942
Commissioned: September 1943
Decommissioned: 1982
Fate: Scrapped
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General characteristics
Type: Destroyer/Frigate
Displacement: 1,135–1,320 tons
Length: 98 m (322 ft)
Beam: 9 m (30 ft)
Draught: 3.8 m (12 ft)
Speed: 39 kn (72 km/h; 45 mph)
Complement: 155
Armament:
  • As destroyer
  • 3 × 120 mm (4.7 in) guns
  • 4 x 40 mm (1.6 in) canons
  • 4 x 20 mm (0.79 in) canons
  • 6 x 530 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes
  • As frigate
  • 2 × 57 mm lvakan m/50 B
  • 1 × 375 mm (14.8 in) submarine-rocket launcher
  • Depth charges
  • Mines
Aircraft carried: 1 helicopter as frigate

HSwMS Sundsvall (naval designation J12) was a Swedish destroyer, later rebuilt as a frigate, in the four-ship Visby class. The ship was named after the Swedish coastal city of Sundsvall.

Sundsvall was laid down in 1942 during the Second World War, and was commissioned on 17 September 1943. She survived the war, and was modified and redesigned as a frigate in 1965.[1] She was kept in service by the Swedish Navy until 1982,[1] and was then used for testing of the Navy's RBS-15 anti-ship missile. The ship was later sold to Spain for scrapping.

References

  1. 1 2 "Visby class destroyer". FactForge.net. Retrieved 13 June 2013.


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