HSwMS Visby (K31)

HSwMS Visby in 2013
History
Name	Visby
Namesake	Visby
Ordered	1995
Builder	Kockums
Laid down	17 February 1995
Launched	8 June 2000
Commissioned	16 September 2002
In service	2012
Homeport	Berga
Identification	MMSI number: 265823000 Pennant number: K31 Callsign: SMLD
Status	Active
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General characteristics
Class and type	Visby-class corvette
Displacement	660 t (650 long tons)
Length	72.6 m (238 ft 2 in)
Beam	10.4 m (34 ft 1 in)
Draft	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	45+ knots[citation needed]
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 × Bofors 57 mm gun Mk 3 8 × RBS15 Mk2 AShM 4 × 40cm Torped 45 ASW grenade launchers Mines & depth charges
Aviation facilities	Helipad

HSwMS Visby (K31) is the lead ship of the Visby-class corvettes. It was created as a stealth ship, and underwent a decade long testing phase before it entered service with the Swedish Navy.