HSwMS Spica (T121)

HSwMS Spica (T121) is a former Swedish Navy Spica-class, torpedo-armed, fast attack craft (FAC), now a museum ship at the Vasa Museum in Stockholm, Sweden.

For other ships with the same name, see HSwMS Spica.
HSwMS Spica at sea.
History
Sweden
NameHSwMS Spica
NamesakeSpica
BuilderGötaverken AB
Launched24 June 1966
Decommissioned1989
IdentificationT121
StatusMuseum ship since 1989
General characteristics
Class and typeSpica-class fast attack craft (FAC)
Displacement210 tons
Length42.5 m (139 ft)
Beam7.1 m (23 ft)
Draught2.6 m (8 ft 6 in)
PropulsionThree Bristol Proteus 4,250 HP gas-turbines driving 3 hydraulically controllable pitch screws
Speed40 knots+
Complement30
Armament1× Bofors 57 mm gun, 6× 533 mm (21.0 in) wire-guided torpedoes, 2× 7.62×51mm NATO machine guns, Flare and chaff rockets, naval mines and/or depth charges

Construction and career

The vessel was one of three constructed in the 1960s by Götaverken AB on Hisingen, the other two being HSwMS Sirius (T122) and HSwMS Capella (T123). Three similar vessels were built by Karlskronavarvet.

The vessel was taken out of service in 1989 and made into a museum ship at the Vasa Museum in her former home port of Karlskrona until 2002. It is a listed historic ship of Sweden.

  • HSwMS Spica at sea in 1966.
    HSwMS Spica at sea in 1966.
  • HSwMS Spica at sea in 1966.
    HSwMS Spica at sea in 1966.
  • HSwMS Spica moored outside of the Vasa Museum in July 2005. The tall funnel belongs to SS Sankt Erik, moored on the other side of the jetty.
    HSwMS Spica moored outside of the Vasa Museum in July 2005. The tall funnel belongs to SS Sankt Erik, moored on the other side of the jetty.
  • HSwMS Spica moored outside of the Vasa Museum in July 2005. The tall funnel belongs to SS Sankt Erik, moored on the other side of the jetty.
    HSwMS Spica moored outside of the Vasa Museum in July 2005. The tall funnel belongs to SS Sankt Erik, moored on the other side of the jetty.
  • HSwMS Spica underway on 8 September 2018.
    HSwMS Spica underway on 8 September 2018.

References
  • "Welcome to T 121 Spica". Spicas Vänner. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-30.
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