HSwMS Visborg

HSwMS Visborg (A265) previously (M03), was a command/auxiliary ship in the Swedish Navy and was a part of the 4th Naval Warfare Flotilla. She was decommissioned 2010. HSwMS Trossö is going to replace her role as a support ship at the 4th Naval Warfare Flotilla.

History
Sweden
NameVisborg
BuilderKarlskronavarvet AB
Laid down16 October 1973
Launched22 January 1974
Commissioned6 February 1976
Decommissioned30 December 2010
Identification
FateBroken up in 2013
NotesAs M03 from 1976-1999 with the role as a minelayer.
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeAuxiliary
Displacement2590 tonnes
Length92.4m
Beam14.7m
Draft4m
Propulsion2x NOHAB V12-diesels @ 1545 kW each
Speed16 knots
Complement
  • 20 Officers
  • 20 Seamen
Sensors and
processing systems
  • PN-613
  • PN-619
  • PS-726
  • PE-727
Electronic warfare
& decoys		PQ-826
Armament

History

She served as a minelayer from 1976 until 1999 when she was refitted to her current role as a command ship. Her sister ship HSwMS Älvsborg was sold to the Chilean Navy 1997 and renamed Almirante José Toribio Merino Castro. The last conscripts served during the year 2010 and also honoured the royal wedding with their presence the same year. She was then taken out of active duty and her planned replacement is HSwMS Trossö which returned from the EUNAVFOR operation Atalanta 2010.

In 2013 Visborg was delivered to Oresund Dry Docks in Landskrona, Sweden, for breaking.[1]

References
  1. Karlsson, Håkan, ed. (13 September 2013). "Norska miljoner räddar jobb på varvet". Landskrona Direkt (in Swedish). Retrieved 26 November 2016.


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