Name Visborg Laid down 16 October 1973 Decommissioned 30 December 2010 Construction started 16 October 1973 Length 92 m Displacement 2.59 million kg | Builder Karlskronavarvet AB Commissioned 6 February 1976 Fate Broken up in 2013 Launched 22 January 1974 Weight 2,590 tons Beam 15 m | |
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HSwMS Visborg was a command/auxiliary ship in the Swedish Navy and was a part of the 4th Naval Warfare Flotilla. She was decommissioned 2010. HSwMS Trossö is going to replace her role as a support ship at the 4th Naval Warfare Flotilla.
History
She served as a minelayer from 1976 until 1999 when she was refitted to her current role as a command ship. Her sister ship HSwMS Älvsborg was sold to the Chilean Navy 1997 and renamed Almirante José Toribio Merino Castro. The last conscripts served during the year 2010 and also honoured the royal wedding with their presence the same year. She was then taken out of active duty and her planned replacement is HSwMS Trossö which returned from the EUNAVFOR operation Atalanta 2010.
In 2013 Visborg was delivered to Oresund Dry Docks in Landskrona, Sweden, for breaking.
