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S-Boats in the Royal Swedish Navy 1921 - 2000 (Marinen)
T 131 - Class ("Norrköping"-Class)
The 12 torpedoboats of type "Norrköbing" (Spica II) were built by Karlskronaverv from 1971 until 1976. They were retrofitted in the 1980s as Robotbåtar (missileboats) and got the new hullnumbers "R 131" through "R 142".
"T 131 Norrköping" - Plan from Fock: Schnellboote Bd. 3
Ex-"R 136 Västervik" ithe Harbour of Marine-Museum Karlskrona - Picture: Archiv Veteran Flottilje
Technical Data
| Length | 43,6 m | |||||
| Beam | 7,1 m | |||||
| Draught | 2,4 m | |||||
| Displacement | 240 t | |||||
| Complement | 30 | |||||
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| Propulsion | 3 x Bristol Siddely Marine Proteus type 1282 - 4310 PS each | |||||
| Speed | 40 kts | |||||
| Shipyard | Mekaniske Verkstad |
Specialities
All boats were retrofitted to robotbåtar (Missile-boats) in the 80s and got the new hull-numbere "R 131" through "R 142".
Six of the boats were again retrofitted in the 90s and got after the first boat retrofitted the class-desinator "Ystad"class or class "R 142". The were equipped with the new combat direction system MARIL 2000.
The other six vessels, " Norrtälje" (R 133), "Varberg" (R 134), "Västerås" (R 135), "Västervik" (R 136), "Umeå" (R 137) und "Strömstad" (R 141) were decommissioned.
R 136 "Västervik" was turned over to the Marinemuseum Karlskrona. Fitting her with teh equipment and weapon to meet the original-fit is organized by the "Västerviks Venner" who support the Marinemuseum to upkeep and to maintain the boat in order to use it in the futre as a living museum-vehicle.
R 131 "Norrköping", R 132 "Nynäshamn", R 133 " Norrtälje", R 134 "Varberg", R 135 "Västerås", R 136 "Västervik", R 137 "Umeå", R 138 "Piteå", R 139 "Luleå", R 140 "Halmstad", R 141"Strömstad" und R 142 "Ystad".