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The Göteborg class is a class of corvettes in the Swedish Navy, built between 1986 and 1993. The class was originally designed to destroy Soviet submarines and surface vessels, and is armed with eight RBS-15 anti-ship missiles, torpedoes, one 57 mm cannon, and one 40 mm cannon.
 HSwMS GävleinVisby harbour in 2006 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Göteborg class |
| Builders | Karlskronavarvet AB |
| Operators |  Swedish Navy |
| Preceded by | Stockholm class |
| Succeeded by | Visby class |
| Subclasses | Gävle class |
| In commission | 13 April 1989 |
| Planned | 6 |
| Completed | 4 |
| Cancelled | 2 |
| Active | 2 |
| Retired | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Corvette |
| Displacement | 380/425 tonnes |
| Length | 57 m (187 ft 0 in) |
| Beam | 8 m (26 ft 3 in) |
| Draft | 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 30knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Range | 3,704 km (2,000 nmi; 2,302 mi) |
| Complement |
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| Sensors and processing systems |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | Rheinmetall TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System) |
| Armament |
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The Swedish Navy originally planned to acquire six Göteborg-class corvettes, but following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the final two were cancelled.
Two of the four corvettes built remained in service as of 2021[update]. Modified in 2019, the two vessels form the subclass Gävle class. Both vessels, HSwMS Gävle and HSwMS Sundsvall, took part in a United Nations operation off the coast of Lebanon in 2006 and 2007, following the 2006 Lebanon War.
Sundsvall and Gävle were modified in 2019–2022. After the modification, the remaining ships were given the subclass name, the Gävle class, as HSwMS Göteborg had been mothballed.[2][3] During the upgrade the corvettes received new equipment bringing them to the same standard as the Visby class, a significant step in terms of capabilities.[4]
| Bow number | Ship name | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Service | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K21 | Göteborg | 10 February 1986 | 13 April 1989 | 15 February 1990 | 4th Naval Warfare Flotilla | Decommissioned/mothballed |
| K22 | Gävle | 12 January 1987 | 23 March 1990 | 17 September 1990 | 4th Naval Warfare Flotilla | Active |
| K23 | Kalmar | 21 September 1988 | 1 November 1990 | 1 September 1991 | 4th Naval Warfare Flotilla | Decommissioned/mothballed |
| K24 | Sundsvall | March 1989 | 29 November 1991 | 7 June 1993 | 4th Naval Warfare Flotilla | Active |
| K25 | Helsingborg | Cancelled | ||||
| K26 | Härnösand | |||||