The ''Halland''-class destroyers were two ships built for the

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in the 1950s. Four ships were planned, but the second pair were canceled. Two modified ships were exported to the

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. These vessels were general purpose surface combatants.

Design

These were general purpose ships with strong anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare armament. They were re-fitted in the 1960s and re-armed with Saab Robot 08 anti-shipping missiles (a missile derivative of the

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drone). The Colombian ships had a more anti-surface focused armament. Anti-ship missile Robot 08 at Aeroseum

Ships

Swedish Navy

* , built by Götaverken,

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. Commissioned 1955. Decommissioned 1982, scrapped 1985. * , built by Eriksberg, Gothenburg. Commissioned 1956. Decommissioned 1979, now a museum ship in Gothenburg. * HSwMS ''Lappland'', cancelled 1958. * HSwMS ''Värmland'', cancelled 1958.

Colombian Navy

* (ex-''Trece de Junio'') (D 06), built by Götaverken, Gothenburg. Commissioned 1958. Decommissioned 1986, scrapped. * , built by Eriksberg, Gothenburg. Commissioned 1958. Decommissioned 1986, scrapped.

References

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* {{Authority control Destroyers of the Swedish Navy Destroyer classes