| HSwMS Visborg (A265) | |
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 HSwMS Visborg during the wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling. | |
| Career (Sweden) |  |
| Name: | Visborg |
| Builder: | Karlskronavarvet AB |
| Laid down: | 16 October 1973 |
| Launched: | 22 January 1974 |
| Commissioned: | 6 February 1976 |
| Decommissioned: | 30 December 2010 |
| Notes: | As M03 from 1976-1998 with the role as a minelayer. |
| Badge: |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Auxiliary |
| Displacement: | 2590 tonnes |
| Length: | 92.4m |
| Beam: | 14.7m |
| Draft: | 4m |
| Propulsion: | 2x NOHAB V12-diesels @ 1545 kW each |
| Speed: | 16 knots |
| Complement: |
20 Officers 20 Seamen |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
PN-613 PN-619 PS-726 PE-727 |
| Electronic warfare & decoys: | PQ-826 |
| Armament: |
3x Bofors 40mm m/48 4 Machinegun groups |
HSwMS Visborg was a command/auxiliary ship in the Swedish Navy and was a part of the 4th Naval Warfare Flotilla. She was decommissioned 2010 and rumours say she is to be sold to Chile. HSwMS Trossö is going to replace her role as a support ship at the 4th Naval Warfare Flotilla.
History[]
She served as a minelayer from 1976 until 1998 when she was refitted to her current role as a command ship. Her sister ship HSwMS Älvsborg was sold to the Chilean Navy 1997 and renamed Almirante José Toribio Merino Castro. The last conscripts served during the year 2010 and also honoured the royal wedding with their presence the same year. She was then taken out of active duty and her planned replacement is HSwMS Trossö which returned from the EUNAVFOR operation Atalanta 2010. In March 2013 scrapping begun and the process is to be finished by December 2013.[1]
References[]
- 4th Naval Warfare Flotilla - HMS Visborg (Swedish)
- Örlogsboken 2003 (Swedish)
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