HSwMS Halland (J18)

	HMS Halland seen in 1980
History
Sweden
Name	Halland
Namesake	Halland
Builder	Götaverken
Laid down	1951
Launched	16 July 1952
Completed	8 June 1955
Commissioned	12 January 1956
Decommissioned	1982
Out of service	30 June 1987
Identification	Pennant number: J18
Fate	Scrapped, 1988
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General characteristics
Class and type	Halland-class destroyer
Displacement	2,670 t (2,630 long tons) standard; 3,344 t (3,291 long tons) full load;
Length	121.6 m (398 ft 11 in)
Beam	12.1 m (39 ft 8 in)
Draft	4.24 m (13 ft 11 in)
Propulsion	2 shaft geared turbines, 2 boilers, 58,000 hp (43,000 kW)
Speed	37 kn (69 km/h; 43 mph)
Range	3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph); 445 nmi (824 km; 512 mi) at 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph);
Complement	272 (peacetime)
Sensors and ; processing systems	Radar Scanter 009; Thomson-CSF Saturn; HSA M22;
Armament	2 × dual Bofors 120 mm guns; 1 × dual Bofors 57 mm L/70 naval artillery guns; 6 × single Bofors 40 mm guns; 1 × quin 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes ; 1 × triple 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes; Torped 613; 2 × single launch rails; Saab Robot 08 anti-ship missiles; 2 × quad Bofors 375mm anti submarine rockets;

HSwMS Halland (J18) was the lead ship of the Halland-class destroyer. She and HSwMS Småland were the only ones built of their class. Two more ships were ordered but they were never completed.

Halland carried out submarine hunting on a couple of occasions, including at Hasslö and Utö in 1980. She was used for two years as a long-haul vessel as a replacement for HSwMS Älvsnabben (M01) before HSwMS Carlskrona (M04) started. However, the trips had to be made short as her operating costs were high. It was decommissioned on June 30, 1987, and sold the following year for scrapping in Spain. A model of Halland in scale 1:50 has been exhibited at the Maritime History Museum and Marine Museum in Karlskrona.

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