Visby-class corvette

	HSwMS Helsingborg off Gotska Sandön
Class overview
Name	Visby class
Builders	Kockums
Operators	Swedish Navy
Preceded by	Göteborg class
Succeeded by	Luleå class
Cost	US$184 million
In commission	16 December 2009
Planned	6
Completed	5
Cancelled	1
Active	5
General characteristics
Type	Corvette
Displacement	640 tonnes
Length	72.7 m (238 ft 6 in)
Beam	10.4 m (34 ft 1 in)
Draught	2.4 m (7 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	CODOG; 2 × 125SII Kamewa Waterjets; 4 × Vericor TF50A gas turbines, total rating 16 MW; 2 × MTU Friedrichshafen 16 V 2000 N90 diesel engines, total rating 2.6 MW; 3 × generators of 270kW each;
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)+
Range	2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	43
Sensors and ; processing systems	Saab 9LV combat management system; Saab Sea GIRAFFE AMB 3D PESA surveillance radar; Saab Ceros 200 stealth fire control radar system; Condor CS-3701 tactical radar surveillance system; GDC Hull-mounted sonar; Hydroscience Technologies towed array sonar system; GDC variable depth sonar;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	Rheinmetall TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System)
Armament	1 × Bofors 57 mm (2.2 in) Mk3 gun; 8 × RBS15 Mk2 anti-ship missiles; 4 × 400 mm (16 in) torpedo launchers for Torped 45 torpedoes; ASW 127 mm (5.0 in) rocket-powered grenade launchers; Mines and depth charges;
Aviation facilities	NH90 ASW helicopter pad

The Visby class is a series of corvettes in use by the Swedish Navy. It is the latest class of corvette adopted by the navy after the Göteborg and Stockholm-class corvettes. Its design emphasizes low visibility radar cross-section and infrared signature, and the class has received widespread international attention because of its capabilities as a stealth ship. The first ship in the class is named after Visby, the main city on the island of Gotland.

The Visby ships are designed by Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) and built by Saab Kockums AB in Karlskrona. The first ship of the class was launched in 2000, but production then suffered repeated delays. The fifth and final ship was delivered in 2015.

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