Norrköping-class missile boat

	HSwMS Ystad
Class overview
Name	Norrköping class
Builders	Karlskrona Navy Yard
Operators	Swedish Navy
Preceded by	Spica class
Subclasses	Ystad class
Built	1971–1976
In service	1972–2005
Completed	12
Retired	12
General characteristics
Type	Torpedo boat / missile boat
Displacement	220 tons standard, 255 tons full load
Length	43.6 m (143 ft)
Beam	7.1 m (23 ft)
Draught	1.6 m (5 ft 3 in)
Propulsion	3 shaft, Bristol Proteus gas turbines 12,750 hp (9,510 kW), 3 CP propellers
Speed	41 knots (76 km/h; 47 mph)
Complement	30
Sensors and ; processing systems	Radar: Scanter 009, PEAB 9LV 200 mk1; Sea Giraffe 50HC radar post 1982–85 refits
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	MARIS 880 weapons control system (post 1982–1985 refits)
Armament	1 × Bofors 57 mm gun; 6 × 533 mm (21 in) wire-guided torpedoes; 2 × 7.62×51mm NATO machine guns, ; Flare and chaff rockets, naval mines and/or depth charges; Up to 8 RBS-15 anti-ship missiles replaced 4 torpedo tubes after 1982–1985 refits;

The Norrköping class were a group of fast attack craft built for the Swedish Navy in the 1970s. Twelve ships were built, with the last ship decommissioned in 2005. The boats have also been called the Spica II class and were named after Swedish cities.

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