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GÅSSTEN inshore minesweepers (1973-1974)


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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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<i>Viksten </i>1975 <i>Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.</i>
Viksten 1975 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.


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.