Östergötland-class destroyer

HSwMS Östergötland
Class overview
Name	Östergötland class
Builders	Götaverken, Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstad, Kockums Mekaniska Verkstads AB
Operators	Swedish Navy
Preceded by	Halland class
Succeeded by	None to date (As of July 2022[update])
In commission	Sweden: 1958–1982
Completed	4
Retired	4
General characteristics [1]
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	2,150 tons standard 2,600 tons full load
Length	112 m (367 ft 5 in)
Beam	11.2 m (36 ft 9 in)
Draft	3.7 m (12 ft 2 in)
Propulsion	2 shaft geared turbines, 2 boilers, 47,000 hp (35,000 kW)
Speed	35 kn (65 km/h)
Range	3,000 nmi (6,000 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement	244
Armament	4 × 120 mm (4.7 in) guns m/44 (2×2) 7 × Bofors 40 mm AA guns m/48 (7×1) 6 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes (1×6 ) for Wire-guided Torped 61 1 Squid anti-submarine mortar 1 quadruple Seacat SAM launcher replaced 3 - 40mm guns in 1960's
Notes	Ships of the class took part in a number of incidents and confrontations involving Soviet incursions into Swedish waters during the late 1970s and early 1980s, most notably the Whiskey on the rocks incident in 1981.

The Östergötland class were a class of destroyers built for the Swedish Navy in the late 1950s. They were smaller and less capable than the preceding Halland class and were decommissioned in 1982. The class were the last destroyers built by Sweden in the 20th century. They were sometimes referred to as Light destroyers.

• Gardiner, Robert and Stephen Chumbley. Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland, USA, 1995. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.