HSwMS Småland (J19)

AA-gun at HSwMS Småland (J19)
History
Sweden
Name	Småland
Operator	Swedish Navy
Builder	Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstads AB, Gothenburg
Laid down	1951
Launched	23 October 1952
Commissioned	12 January 1956
Decommissioned	1979
Out of service	1 July 1984
Identification	J19
Fate	Museum ship in Gothenburg
General characteristics
Class and type	Halland class destroyer
Displacement	2,670 t (2,630 long tons) standard 3,344 t (3,291 long tons) full load
Length	121.6 m (398 ft 11 in)
Beam	12.1 m (39 ft 8 in)
Draft	4.24 m (13 ft 11 in)
Propulsion	2 shaft geared turbines, 2 boilers, 58,000 hp (43,000 kW)
Speed	37 kn (69 km/h; 43 mph)
Range	3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) 445 nmi (824 km; 512 mi) at 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement	272 (peacetime)
Sensors and processing systems	Radar Scanter 009 Thomson-CSF Saturn HSA M22
Armament	4 × Bofors 120 mm (4.7 in) guns (2 × 2) 2 × Bofors 57 mm (2.2 in) guns (1 × 2) 6 × Bofors 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns (6 × 1) 8 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes (1 × 5 and 1 × 3) for wire-guided Torped 61 1 or 2 launch rails for Saab Robot 08 anti-ship missiles 2 × quad Bofors 375 mm (14.8 in) anti-submarine rockets

HSwMS Småland (J19) is a Swedish Halland-class destroyer. She and HSwMS Halland were the only ones built of their class. Two more ships were ordered but they were never completed.

She was decommissioned in 1979, and since 1987 has been a museum ship at Maritiman in Gothenburg, where she is the largest vessel on display.

See also

• Royal Swedish Navy
• Swedish National Maritime Museums
• Regalskeppet Kronan

References

• Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen (1995). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.

External links

• "Destroyer Smaland, Maritiman". Retrieved 20 July 2015.