Several ships of the
Swedish Navy
The Swedish Navy ( sv, Svenska marinen) is the naval branch of the Swedish Armed Forces. It is composed of surface and submarine naval units – the Fleet () – as well as marine units, the Amphibious Corps ().
In Swedish, vessels o ...
have been named HSwMS ''Mode'', named after
Módi, the son of
Thor
Thor (; from non, Þórr ) is a prominent god in Germanic paganism. In Norse mythology, he is a hammer-wielding æsir, god associated with lightning, thunder, storms, sacred trees and groves in Germanic paganism and mythology, sacred groves ...
in Norse mythology:
* was a destroyer launched in 1902 and decommissioned in 1928 and sunk as target in 1936
* was a launched in 1942 and decommissioned in 1970
* was a launched in 1978 and decommissioned in 2001
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References
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Swedish Navy ship names