 HSwMS Helsingborg off Gotska Sandön
| |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Visby class |
| Builders | Kockums |
| Operators |  Swedish Navy |
| Preceded by | Göteborg class |
| Succeeded by | Luleå class |
| Cost | US$184 million[1] |
| In commission | 16 December 2009 |
| Planned | 6 |
| Completed | 5 |
| Cancelled | 1 |
| Active | 5 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Corvette |
| Displacement | 640 tonnes |
| Length | 72.7 m (238 ft 6 in) |
| Beam | 10.4 m (34 ft 1 in) |
| Draught | 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion |
|
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)+ |
| Range | 2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 43 |
| Sensors and processing systems |
|
| Electronic warfare & decoys | Rheinmetall TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System) |
| Armament |
|
| Aviation facilities | AW109 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.
- ^ Summers, Chris (10 June 2004). "Stealth ships steam ahead". BBC News. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.