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HSwMS Härnösand on 14 July 2006
History
Sweden
Name	Härnösand
Namesake	Härnösand
Ordered	1996
Builder	Kockums
Launched	16 December 2004
Commissioned	16 December 2009
Homeport	Karlskrona
Identification	MMSI number: 266008000 Pennant number: K33 Callsign: SMLI
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	35+ knots
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 Härnösand (K33) is the third ship of the Visby-class corvettes ordered by the Swedish Government and built by Kockums. The Härnösand is designed for mine countermeasures and anti-submarine warfare.

Design and description

HSwMS Härnösand is the third ship of the Visby-class corvettes. It was built by Kockums at the Karlskrona naval base, and was the first of four vessels of the class which are designed for coastal warfare.

The hull of the vessel is made of carbon fiber reinforced plastic, a stealth technology, in order to make the vessel difficult to detect by other forces. A minimum of external equipment is stored outside of the vessel, with equipment such as liferafts being stored inside the hull. This hull also reduces the weight of the vessel by around half. It was intended to be radar silent until it moves within 30 kilometres (19 mi) of an enemy vessel, resulting in designer John Nillson saying of it, "Naval officers fall in love with ship. It's not classically beautiful. In fact it looks like a lunchbox. But it has better maneuverability and can achieve that level of stealth."

Construction and career

Härnösand was launched 16 December 2004 and named by crown princess Victoria. She was commissioned on 16 December 2009.

References

1. "Visby Class Corvettes". Naval Technology. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
2. "Swedish Navy's HMS Visby test fires first guided missile". Naval-Technology.com. July 2, 2012. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
3. ^ Summers, Chris (June 10, 2004). "Stealth ships steam ahead". BBC News. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
4. ""Ryssland intresserat av vad vi övar"". SvD Nyhetter (in Swedish). October 18, 2014. Retrieved October 19, 2014.

External links

• BBC article
• FMV - Official homepage
• Kockums - Official homepage
• Swedish navy page on the Visby trials (in Swedish)

Active ships of the Swedish Navy
Corvettes	Stockholm class Stockholm Malmö Göteborg class Gävle Sundsvall Visby class Visby Helsingborg Härnösand Nyköping Karlstad
Submarines	Gotland class Gotland Uppland Halland Södermanland class Södermanland Östergötland
Mine countermeasures vessels	Styrsö class Styrsö Spårö Skaftö Sturkö Koster class Koster Kullen Vinga Ven Ulvön
Auxiliaries	Belos Carlskrona Orion Trossö

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