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ÄLVSNABBEN minelayer (1943)


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Älvsnabben 1978 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Älvsnabben M01 341 Eriksberg, Göteborg 31.10.1942 19.1.1943 8.5.1943 TS 1953, stricken 7.1982


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

4250

Displacement full, t 
Length, m96.8 wl 102.0 oa
Breadth, m13.6
Draught, m4.90
No of shafts1
Machinery1 Burmeister & Wain diesel
Power, h. p.3000
Max speed, kts

14

Fuel, tdiesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)12400(13)
Armament

4 x 1 - 152/43 K/44 M98, 4 x 2 - 40/56 K/60 M36, 6 x 1 - 20/63 K/66 M40, 4 DCR, 380 mines

Complement255


Standard scale images


<i>Älvsnabben</i> 1944
Älvsnabben 1944
<i>Älvsnabben</i> 1975
Älvsnabben 1975


Graphics


<i>Älvsnabben</i> 1978 <i>Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.</i>
Älvsnabben 1978 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.


Project history

Älvsnabben was laid down as merchant vessel, soon bought by the Navy and completed as a minelayer. Officially was classified as a cruiser-minelayer.

Modernizations

1961: - 2 x 1 - 152/43, 4 x 2 - 40/60, 6 x 1 - 20/66, 2 DCR; + 2 x 1 - 57/60 M50, 2 x 1 - 40/70 M48, radars

Naval service

No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.