NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Mode	29, 1955- 73, 1966- F73		Götaverken, Göteborg	9.1941	11.4.1942	11.1942	stricken 7.1970
Magne	30, 1955- 74, 1966- F74		Götaverken, Göteborg	9.1941	25.4.1942	11.1942	stricken 1.1966
Munin	31, 1955- 75, 1966- F75		Öresundsvarvet, Landskrona	9.1941	27.5.1942	1.1943	stricken 12.1968
Mjölner	32, 1955- 76, 1966- F76	329	Eriksberg, Göteborg	9.1941	9.4.1942	12.1942	stricken 4.1966

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	750
Displacement full, t	960
Length, m	78.0 oa
Breadth, m	8.10
Draught, m	2.30 mean 2.70 max
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 sets de Laval geared steam turbines, 2 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	16000
Max speed, kts	31
Fuel, t	oil 190
Endurance, nm(kts)	1200(20)
Armament	3 x 1 - 105/48 K/50 M42, 2 x 1 - 40/56 K/60 M36, 2 x 1 - 20/63 K/66 M40, 1 x 3 - 533 TT, 2 DCT, 42 mines
Electronic equipment	presumably hydrophone
Complement	100

Standard scale images

Project history

The design was developed on the basis of purchased in March, 1940 in Italy Spica class torpedo boats. Changes were brought basically to replacement of Italian equipment and armament by Swedish, and also to insignificant increase in a hull beam for improvement of seagoing capacities.

Modernizations

1954-1955, all: - 1 x 1 - 105/50, 1 x 3 - 533 TT; + 1 x 3 - 305 Squid Mk 4 ASWRL, radars, sonar

Naval service

All ships were re-rated as frigates in 1954-1955.