HSwMS Malmö (P12)

For other ships with the same name, see HSwMS Malmö.

HSwMS Malmö
History
Sweden
Name	Malmö
Namesake	Swedish city Malmö[1]
Builder	Karlskronavarvet, Karlskrona[1]
Laid down	14 March 1983 [1]
Launched	22 March 1985 [1]
Commissioned	10 May 1985 [1]
Reclassified	2017
Homeport	Karlskrona, Sweden[1]
Identification	MMSI number: 266033000 Pennant number: K12 (1985–2017) P12 (2017–present)
Status	in active service[1]
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General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Displacement	380 tonnes (374 long tons) [1]
Length	50 m (164 ft 1 in) [1]
Beam	7.5 m (24 ft 7 in) [1]
Draft	2.6 m (8 ft 6 in) [1][2]
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) [1]
Complement	19 officers 15 conscripts [2]
Armament	1 x Bofors 57 mm Automatic Gun 4 x 400 mm (16 in) torpedo tubes 8 x RBS 15 missiles [1] 68 mines

HSwMS Malmö (P12) is a patrol vessel belonging to the Swedish Navy. Together with her sister ship HSwMS Stockholm, she formed the Stockholm class. In 1999 she was set to begin her mid-life upgrade and in 2010 she was merged into the 31st Corvette Division of the 3rd Naval Warfare Flotilla along with her sister ship. In 2017, Malmö was rebuilt into a Malmö-class patrol vessel.

History

Malmö was built by Karlskronavarvet and was launched on 21 Mars 1985. After trials the ship was delivered to the Navy on 8 November 1985, and then became the command ship for one of the then surface warfare flotillas.^[3]

References

1. "Stockholm class Corvette / Patrol Vessel". seaforces.org. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
2. "Stockholmklassen (HMS Stockholm och HMS Malmö)". www.vhfk.se (in Swedish). Varvshistoriska Föreningen i Karlskrona. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
3. Hofsten, Gustaf von; Waernberg, Jan; Ohlsson, Curt S. (2003). Örlogsfartyg: svenska maskindrivna fartyg under tretungad flagg. [Forum navales skriftserie], 1650-1837; [6] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Svenskt militärhistoriskt bibl. i samarbete med Marinlitteratur. p. 254. ISBN 919743843X. SELIBR 8873330.