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

Swedish Navy The Swedish Navy () is the maritime service branch of the Swedish Armed Forces. It is composed of surface and submarine naval units – the Fleet (), formally sometimes referred to as the Royal Navy () – as well as marine units, the Amph ...

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

Colombian Navy The Colombian Navy, officially the Colombian National Navy (), also known as the ''"Armada Nacional"'' or just the ''"Armada"'' in Spanish, is the naval branch of the Military Forces of Colombia, military forces of Colombia. The Navy is responsi ...

. 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 Rb 08 Robot 08 (Rb 08) was an anti-ship missile developed in Sweden by Saab during the early Cold War. It was the first operational ship-based anti-ship missile. The design was a development of the French Nord Aviation CT20 target missile and was manufa ...

anti-ship missiles (a missile derivative of the

Nord Aviation CT20 The Nord Aviation CT20 was a French turbojet-powered radio-controlled target drone introduced in 1957. Developed from the Arsenal / S.F.E.C.M.A.S. T.5.510, the CT.20 was built by Nord Aviation and powered by a Turbomeca Marboré II engine, providi ...

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 Swedish destroyer classes