HSwMS Virgo (T126)
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 Ex-HSwMS Virgo’s hull on 11 May 2006. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Sweden | |
| Name | HSwMS Virgo |
| Namesake | Virgo |
| Builder | Karlskronavarvet |
| Launched | 10 September 1966 |
| Commissioned | 22 March 1968 |
| Decommissioned | 1 November 1989 |
| Identification | T126 |
| Status | Decommissioned |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Spica-class fast attack craft (FAC) |
| Displacement | 210 tons |
| Length | 42.5 m (139 ft) |
| Beam | 7.1 m (23 ft) |
| Draught | 2.6 m (8 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion | Three Bristol Proteus 4,250 HP gas-turbines driving 3 hydraulically controllable pitch screws |
| Speed | 40 knots+ |
| Complement | 30 |
| Armament | 1× 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 |
HSwMS Virgo (T126) was a Swedish Navy Spica-class, torpedo-armed, fast attack craft (FAC).