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K-32 Helsinborg

K-32 Helsinborg

Country: Sweden Sweden

Class, [Type]: Visby, [PGG].

Builder: Karlskronavarvet, Karlskrona, Sweden.

Launch date: 27 June 2003.

Commission date: 16 December 2009.

Displacement ( tons ): 620 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 72,8 x 10,4 x 2,4

Main machinery: CODOG: 4 x Honeywell-Vericor TF50A gas turbines (5.365 hp each), 2 x MTU 16V 2000 N90 diesels (1.740 hp each), 2 x KaMeWa 125 SII waterjets.

Speed ( knots ): 38, 15 on diesels.

Complement: 41 ( 21 officers ).

Guns: 1 x 57mm/70 Bofors Sak 57 Mk3.

Missiles:  SSM: 8 x RBS-15 Mk3.

Torpedoes: 4 x 400mm fixed tubes, 4 x Tp 45 torpedoes.

A/S Mortars: 2 x 6-round ALECTO launcher.

Radar: Surface Search: 1 x ?, S band, 1 x Ericsson Sea Giraffe AMB, 3-D, C band; Navigation: 1 x ?, X band; Fire Control: 1 x Saab CEROS 200.

Sonar: CDC Hydra suite, includes a hull mounted sonar. A towed linear passive array is also carried.

Countermeasures: Decoys: ALECTO launchers, capable of launching 127mm passive torpedo and anti-missile decoys; EW: Condor Systems CS-3701 (intercept).

Callsign: SMLG (SierraMikeLimaGolf)