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Royal Swedish Navy - Svenska Marinen Lulea class Frigate |
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HSwMS Luleå HSwMS Norrköping HSwMS Trelleborg HSwMS Halmstad The steel-cutting ceremony of the first Royal Swedish Navy FDI Frigate, HSwMS Luleå, took place on October 1st, 2026 at Naval Group's Lorient shipyard - just one month after the signing of the contract for four Frigates. |
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Naval Group, Lorient,
Brittany, France Displacement: 4,460 t Length: 122 meters (400 ft 3 in) Beam: 17.7 m (58 ft 1 in) Draft: ? Speed: 27 knots (50 km/h / 31.1 mph) Range: 5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) Complement: 125 (+ 28 passengers) Propulsion: CODAD (Combined diesel and diesel) 2 x 2 MTU 16V 8000 M91L diesel engines total output of 32 MW (43,000 shp) 2 shafts / 2 propellers Armament: 1-3 x 8-cell Sylver A50 Vertical Launching System (VLS) for MBDA Aster 30 Block 1NT 1 x 24-cell Sylver CL (cold-launch) for MBDA CAMM-ER SAM 2 x 4 RBS 15 Mk4 Gungnir anti-ship missiles 1 x Bofors 57 Mk3b (with 57×438mm Bofors 3P air-burst munition (ABM) 1 x Bofors 40 Mk4 (with 40×365mm Bofors 3P air-burst munition (ABM) ? x SAAB Trackfire Remote Weapon Station (RWS) SAAB Dynamics Tub m/20 400mm Torpedo Tubes for SAAB Torped 47 (Saab Lightweight Torpedo - SLWT) Systems: Naval Group Setis® 3.0 Combat Management System Thales SeaFire 500 4D S-band Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) multi-function radar Saab Giraffe 1X 3D X-band Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) multi-function radar Terma SCANTER naval surveillance radar Wärtsilä NACOS X-band navigation radar Exail Marins M3 INS (inertial navigation system) Netans DDU (Data Distribution Units) Safran PASEO XLR (EO/IR) Extra long-range naval optronic identification & fire control system Thales SENTINEL R-ESM Thales ALTESSE-H C-ESM Thales BlueGate E-scan IFF system Thales Aquilon digital communication system Link 16 and Link 22 data links Thales CAPTAS-4 Compact towed array variable depth sonar (ASW) Thales KingKlip Mk2 hull-mounted sonar (ASW, obstacle tracking, navigation) Naval Group (Counter Measure Launching System - CMLS) with CANTO anti-torpedo decoys Aviation: flight deck and hangar for 1 helicopter and 1 UAV (Hkp 14 / NH90 - UMS Skeldar V-200) |
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The Luleå class is a future Swedish Navy class of Frigates, derived
from the French FDI class. In total four ships are planned to be
built. The first two ships are to be commissioned by 2030 and two
more by 2035. In January 2021 Saab Kockums was awarded a contract for the product definition phase of the Visby gen 2 corvettes by the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV). These ships were intended to be an evolved version of the Visby-class corvettes currently in service with the Swedish Navy. However, a rapidly changing geopolitical situation in large part due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and Sweden's subsequent application to join NATO led to the cancellation of the Visby gen 2 in favour of a clean sheet design, the Luleå class. As the Swedish Navy wants the Luleå class built and commissioned quickly. In 2021 FMV awarded Saab Kockums a contract to study the design of five new corvettes in Sweden. A similar arrangement was also used for the construction of HSwMS Artemis. By 2023, however, the program’s requirements were revised to be closer to a frigate: the future ships would need extended endurance at sea, increased size (120 metres versus 72 metres for the Visby), and enhanced multi-domain capabilities, including anti-drone operations. These changes led to a reduction in the planned fleet from five to four vessels. The product definition phase was scheduled to conclude by mid-2025, with deliveries of the first units expected from 2030. In May 2024 Saab signed a contract with British shipbuilder Babcock for the design of the future ship class based on the Type 31 frigate. But the collaboration has reportedly yielded limited results, opening the door for alternative solutions. In June 2025 France and Sweden signed a defence roadmap as Naval Group positions the FDI for Swedish surface ship programme. On 24 November 2025, Swedish Defence Minister Pål Jonson announced that Sweden would choose a supplier for the four Luleå-class frigates in early 2026. Four firms were in competition for the program with three offers: Naval Group, Babcock/Saab, and Navantia, offering an already existing design adapted for Swedish requirements. In early 2026 both Spain and France sent warships to Sweden showing off their concepts for the future Luleå class. On 10 February 2026 Naval group signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Swedish shipyard Oresund Drydocks AB for future maintenance and service support for Swedish naval vessels. On 19 May 2026, the Swedish government announced it would buy the four FDI frigates from French company Naval Group, citing the speed of delivery as a key factor in its decision. The contract was signed the 31 Aug 2026. source: wikipedia |
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