HSwMS Öland was the lead ship of the two ship Öland-class of destroyers which served with the Royal Swedish Navy. Larger and more stable than previous Swedish destroyers, the vessel was launched on 15 December 1945. Armament was based around two twin mounting for semi-automatic 120 mm (4.7 in) guns, an extensive anti-aircraft defence of seven 40 mm (1.6 in) and eight 25 mm (1.0 in) guns and a quadruple 375 mm (15 in) anti-submarine rocket launcher, as well as torpedoes and mines. The ship was upgraded in 1960, which involved the addition of a Squid anti-submarine mortar amongst other alterations, and reclassified as a frigate in 1974, until ultimately being retired on 1 July 1978 as part of a strategy to remove larger combat vessels from the fleet.
ÖLAND (1945) [sv]
Other languages: ÖLAND (swedish)
Fartyg (Statens maritima och transporthistoriska museer) [sv]
Type of vessel
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Name
ÖLAND
Swedish
Wikipedia (via Wikidata)
Identification
Other vessel type
Swedish
History
1975 Fregatt.
Swedish
Measurement
Lengde [no]: 107,0/111,8 meter (m) [no]
Bredde [no]: 11,2 meter (m) [no]
Deplasement [no]: 1880/2250 ton [no]
Launched
Delivered
1947
Decommissioned
1978
Scrapped
1986
See also
Reference
Hofsten, Gustaf von & Waernberg, Jan (2003). Örlogsfartyg: svenska maskindrivna fartyg under tretungad flagg s. 49. 52, 149, 166f, 312
Swedish
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