The ''Halland''-class destroyers were two ships built for the

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in the 1950s. Four ships were planned, but the second pair were canceled. Two modified ships were exported to the Colombian Navy. These vessels were general purpose surface combatants.

Design

These were general purpose ships with strong anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare armament. They were re-fitted in the 1960s and re-armed with

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anti-shipping missiles (a missile derivative of the Nord Aviation CT20 drone). The Colombian ships had a more anti-surface focused armament. Anti-ship missile Robot 08 at Aeroseum

Ships

Swedish Navy

* , built by Götaverken,

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. Commissioned 1955. Decommissioned 1982, scrapped 1985. * , built by Eriksberg, Gothenburg. Commissioned 1956. Decommissioned 1979, now a museum ship in Gothenburg. * HSwMS ''Lappland'', cancelled 1958. * HSwMS ''Värmland'', cancelled 1958.

Colombian Navy

* (ex-''Trece de Junio'') (D 06), built by Götaverken, Gothenburg. Commissioned 1958. Decommissioned 1986, scrapped. * , built by Eriksberg, Gothenburg. Commissioned 1958. Decommissioned 1986, scrapped.

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* {{Authority control Destroyers of the Swedish Navy Destroyer classes