Hugin Close-Up
This is an image looking at the midships section of P158 Mysing, a Hugin-class guided-missile patrol boat. It was taken in the summer of 1985 off the-then Soviet port of Liepaya in what was is now Latvia.
The Hugins were 150-ton, 35 knot guided-missile patrol boats that could carry up to six Penguin surface-to-surface missiles (Swedish RB-12s) - a container for one can be seen next to the two crewmen. Mounted on the bow was a 57mm gun, which can be partially seen forward of the bridge above. The rails strapped on either side of the gun were for 103mm rocket flare launchers.
Each Hugin was 36.5m long, 6.2m in the beam and had a draught of 1.6m. They were manned by three officers and 19 men. Surprisingly, their diesel engines were retreads, having been taken from the earlier Plejad-class torpedo boats.
Mysing was retired in 1995 after 15 years's service.
I took this aboard HMS Boxer. The image has been scanned from a B&W negative.
Hugin Close-Up
This is an image looking at the midships section of P158 Mysing, a Hugin-class guided-missile patrol boat. It was taken in the summer of 1985 off the-then Soviet port of Liepaya in what was is now Latvia.
The Hugins were 150-ton, 35 knot guided-missile patrol boats that could carry up to six Penguin surface-to-surface missiles (Swedish RB-12s) - a container for one can be seen next to the two crewmen. Mounted on the bow was a 57mm gun, which can be partially seen forward of the bridge above. The rails strapped on either side of the gun were for 103mm rocket flare launchers.
Each Hugin was 36.5m long, 6.2m in the beam and had a draught of 1.6m. They were manned by three officers and 19 men. Surprisingly, their diesel engines were retreads, having been taken from the earlier Plejad-class torpedo boats.
Mysing was retired in 1995 after 15 years's service.
I took this aboard HMS Boxer. The image has been scanned from a B&W negative.