HSwMS Gotland (Gtd)
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HSwMS Gotland (Gtd) is a defense[2] submarine of the Swedish Navy. It was the first ship of the Gotland-class, which was the first operational submarine class in the world to use air-independent propulsion in the form of Stirling engines which use liquid oxygen and diesel as the propellant.
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Name | Gotland |
Namesake | Swedish island Gotland |
Builder | Kockums |
Laid down | 10 October 1992 |
Launched | 2 February 1995 |
Commissioned | April 1996 |
Homeport | Karlskrona, Sweden |
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Status | in active service |
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Class and type | Gotland-class submarine |
Displacement | 1,380 tons standard, 1,599 tons submerged[1] |
Length | 60.4 metres (198 feet 2 inches)[1] |
Beam | 6.2 metres (20 feet 4 inches)[1] |
Draught | 5.6 metres (18 feet 4 inches)[1] |
Propulsion | two diesel engines (1,300 bhp (970 kW) each), two Stirling engines (75 kW (101 hp) each), one electric motor (1,800 shp (1,300 kW)), one shaft |
Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) surfaced,[1] 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) submerged |
Endurance | over 14 days submerged without snorkeling |
Test depth | 500 ft (150 m) |
Complement | 18–22 officers,[1] 6–10 enlisted[1] |
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It was built by Kockums, launched in 1995, and subsequently commissioned in 1996.
In 2015, Sweden's Defense Material Administration (FMV) signed a contract with Saab Kockums which included a mid-life upgrade of two members of the Gotland class, Gotland and Halland, for SEK 2.1 billion. Gotland is expected to return to the FMV in late 2018 following a series of platform and combat systems upgrades.[3]