May 2001. The Sevastopol. Photo from the newspaper «Glory of Sevastopol».

Country: Sweden.
Class, [Type]: Alvsborg, [ML].

Builder: Karlskronavarvet, Karlskrona, Sweden.
Laid down date: 8 February 1979.
Launch date: 28 June 1980.
Commission date: 11 January 1982.

Displacement ( tons ): 3800 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 105,5 x 15 x 4,7.
Main machinery: 4 x Nohab F212 D825 diesels ( 10560 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 20.
Complement: 40 plus 130 cadets.

Guns: 1 x 1 57mm Bofors, 2 x 1 40mm Bofors.
Mines: 105.

Radars: Air/surface search: Sea Giraffe 50HC; Fire control: 2 x Philips 9LV 200 Mk2.
Helicopters: 1 x AW-109LUH.
Comment: In 2009-2010 she was modified for the Ocean Patrol Vessel ( OPV ) role and redesignated from M to P ( P-04 ).

Year of visit the Black Sea:  1993 | 2001