Combat boats updated and replaced
The Muskö and Docksta boatyards of the Swedish Docksta Group have just finalized a LTF (Life-Time-Extension) program for 27 combat boats for the Swedish Amphibious Corps.
The ‘90 HS’ boats were built at Docksta around the turn of the millennium and have gone through a complete overhaul including installation of new Scania DI 13 engines.
Docksta has also received an order from the Swedish Defence Material Administration to build 18 new Combat Boats with delivery to the Amphibious Corps from 2018 to early 2020. The new boats will be based on the existing design but will be fitted with larger Scania DI 16 engines, modern electronics and a remote-controlled weapon station. This modernised version will get type designation CB 90 HSM.
Dockstavarvet was the main contractor for the 147 combat boats delivered to Sweden between 1989 and 2003 and have additionally exported nearly 100 of these boats to Mexico, Malaysia, Norway, the United States and Greece.
The vessel is of all welded aluminium construction and measures 15 x 3.8 metres with a 1 metre draught. The propulsion package comprises two diesel engines driving two waterjets through hydraulic clutches. The boat is normally manned with 3 crew and can carry 18 soldiers. The boat is fitted with a bow ramp and the structure is strengthened to perform ‘forceful landing’ even on rocky beaches.
“This addition to our order book gives Docksta a good basic workload until the end of 2019”, CEO Anders Hellman says and adds that it is also an important reference for further potential export orders.
By Jake Frith
