HSwMS Halland in 2016
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History |
Sweden |
Name | Halland |
Builder | Kockums |
Laid down | 14 January 1994 |
Launched | 19 February 1996 |
Commissioned | July 1997 |
Homeport | Karlskrona, Sweden |
Identification | MMSI number: 265826000 |
Motto | Virtute Leonis |
Status | Active in service |
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General characteristics |
Class and type | Gotland-class submarine |
Displacement | 1526 tons standard, 1647 tons submerged |
Length | 60.4 metres (198 feet 2 inches) |
Beam | 6.2 metres (20 feet 4 inches) |
Draught | 5.6 metres (18 feet 4 inches) |
Propulsion | two diesel engines (1,300 brake horsepower each), two Stirling engines (75 kilowatts each), one electric motor (1,800 shaft horsepower), one shaft |
Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced, 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) submerged |
Endurance | over 14 days submerged without snorkeling |
Test depth | 500 ft (150 m) |
Complement | 20 officers, 15 enlisted |
Armament | four 533-mm (21-inch) torpedo tubes with 12 torpedoes, two 400-mm (15.75-inch) torpedo tubes with 6 torpedoes, 48 external mines |