HSwMS Smyge

HMS Smyge
Class overview
Name: Smyge
Builders: Karlskronavarvet, Insano
Operators:  Swedish Navy
Completed: 1
General characteristics
Type: Experimental stealth vessel
Displacement: 140 tons
Length: 27 m (89 ft)
Beam: 7.6 m (25 ft)
Draught: 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) (0.7 m (2 ft 4 in) with lift fans)
Speed: >55 kn (102 km/h)
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
Decoy:
Armament:

HSwMS Smyge was an experimental ship of the Swedish Navy used to test stealth technology. Experience from Smyge were used while planning the Visby-class corvettes. Smyge is currently used for training at the Swedish Navy Academy[1]

HMS Smyge emblem.

References

  1. "Föreningen Testfartyget Smyge" (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 April 2015.
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