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Country of Origin: Sweden
GRIM-class UTILITY LANDING CRAFT (LCU) Name Launched Completed Status GRIM 1962 1962 Stricken BORE 1967 1967 Stricken HEIMDAL 1967 1967 Stricken
Based on a car-ferry design. The craft were also used as gun transports for the coastal artillery force.
The bow hinges upward on BORE and HEIMDAL to permit extending a ramp. The design could be adopted to serve as a mine layer.
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Asiverken, Amal, Sweden
Displacement: 340 tons full load Dimensions: length 118 ft 1 in (36.00 m) overall beam 27 ft 11 in ( 8.50 m) draft 8 ft 6 in ( 2.60 m) maximum Propulsion: 2 diesels; 800 total bhp; 2 shafts Performance: speed 12 knots Manning: Unknown troops 325 total Combat Systems: guns 2 20-mm/70-cal. Oerlikon AA radars 1 navigation mines Unknown
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