Visby-class corvette

HSwMS Helsingborg off Gotska Sandön
Class overview
NameVisby class
BuildersKockums
Operators Swedish Navy
Preceded byGöteborg class
Succeeded byLuleå class
CostUS$184 million[1]
In commission16 December 2009
Planned6
Completed5
Cancelled1
Active5
General characteristics
TypeCorvette
Displacement640 tonnes
Length72.7 m (238 ft 6 in)
Beam10.4 m (34 ft 1 in)
Draught2.4 m (7 ft 10 in)
Propulsion
Speed35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)+
Range2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement43
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Rheinmetall TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System)
Armament
Aviation facilitiesAW109 helicopter pad

The Visby class is a series of corvettes in use by the Swedish Navy. It is the latest class of corvette adopted by the navy after the Göteborg- and Stockholm-class corvettes. Its design emphasizes low visibility radar cross-section and infrared signature, and the class has received widespread international attention because of its capabilities as a stealth ship. The first ship in the class is named after Visby, the main city on the island of Gotland.

The Visby ships are designed by Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) and built by Saab Kockums AB in Karlskrona.[3] The first ship of the class was launched in 2000, but production then suffered repeated delays. The fifth and final ship was delivered in 2015.

  1. ^ Summers, Chris (10 June 2004). "Stealth ships steam ahead". BBC News. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  2. ^ "TF Series Marine Gas Turbine Engines - 4000 to 5600 Hp" (PDF). Vericor. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  3. ^ Mack, Ben (12 February 2009). "Sweden Builds World's First Stealth Ships". Wired. Condé Nast Publications. Archived from the original on 13 February 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2009.