HSwMS Uppland (J17)

HSwMS Uppland underway in 1947
History
Sweden
Name	Uppland
Namesake	Uppland
Ordered	26 November 1943
Builder	Karlskronavarvet
Launched	15 November 1946
Completed	31 January 1948
Decommissioned	1 July 1978
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	Öland-class destroyer
Displacement	1,880 tonnes (1,850 long tons; 2,070 short tons) standard 2,400 tonnes (2,400 long tons; 2,600 short tons) full load
Length	112 m (367 ft 5.4 in) o/a
Beam	11.2 m (36 ft 8.9 in)
Draught	3.4 m (11 ft 1.9 in)
Propulsion	2 Penhoët boilers 2 geared de Laval geared steam turbines, 44,000 shp (33,000 kW)
Speed	35 kn (40.3 mph; 64.8 km/h)
Range	2,500 nmi (4,600 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h)
Complement	210
Armament	4 × Bofors 120 mm (4.7 in) dual-purpose guns (2×2) 7 × Bofors 40 mm (1.6 in) anti-aircraft guns (7×1) 8 × Bofors 20 mm (1 in) anti-aircraft guns (8×1) 6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (2×3) 1 × Squid anti-submarine Mortar (after refit) 4 × depth charge throwers and 2 × depth charge racks (before refit) 60 × mines

HSwMS Uppland was a Öland-class destroyer which served with the Royal Swedish Navy. Larger and more stable than previous Swedish destroyers, the vessel was launched on 15 December 1948. Armament was based around two twin mounting for semi-automatic 120 mm (4.7 in) guns, an extensive anti-aircraft defence of seven 40 mm (1.6 in) and eight 20 mm (1 in) guns and a quadruple 375 mm (15 in) anti-submarine rocket launcher, as well as torpedoes and mines. The ship was upgraded in 1963, which involved the addition of a helicopter platform amongst other alterations, and reclassified as a frigate in 1974, until ultimately being retired on 1 July 1978 as part of a strategy to remove larger combat vessels from the fleet.