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Viksten 1975 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Gåssten	M31		Knippla Skeppsvarv, Källö-Knippla		17.11.1972	16.11.1973	stricken 2000
Norsten	M32		Hellevikstrand Skeppsvarv		24.4.1973	12.10.1973	stricken 12.1998
Viksten	M33	382	Karlskronavarvet, Karlskrona		18.4.1974	1.7.1974	stricken 12.2007

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	M31, 32: 110 M33: 115
Displacement full, t	M31, 32: 120 M33: 130
Length, m	M31, 32: 23.0 M33: 25.3
Breadth, m	6.60
Draught, m	2.50
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 diesel
Power, h. p.	460
Max speed, kts	11
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 40/70 SAK40/48 (315), mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear
Electronic equipment	Scanter 009 radar
Complement	9

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Project history

Gåssten and Norsten had wooden hulls, Viksten had GRP hull and became a prototype for 300t class minesweepers.

Modernizations

1970s, all: - 1 x 1 - 40/70; + 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 7

Naval service

No significant events.

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