List Of Active Swedish Navy Ships

This is a list of active ships of the Royal Swedish Navy.

Swedish Navy

The Swedish Navy is the naval branch of the Swedish Armed Forces. It is composed of surface and submarine naval units – the Royal Fleet (''Kungliga flottan'') – as well as marine units, the Amphibious Corps.

In Swedish, vessels of the Swedish Navy are given the prefix "HMS," short for ''Hans/Hennes Majestäts Skepp'' (His/Her Majesty's Ship). In English, this is often changed to "HSwMS" ("His/Her Swedish Majesty's Ship") to differentiate Swedish vessels from those of the British Royal Navy.

Swedish Coast Guard

The Swedish Coast Guard is not officially a part of the navy, but operates under the Ministry of Defence and its activities are coordinated with the Swedish Armed Forces.

Out of 20 bases from Luleå to Strömstad, the Coast Guard operate along the entire coastline of Sweden, with the mission to rescue, assist and monitor.

The total number of vessels exceeds 100 of which 25 are patrol and combination vessels dedicated to maritime surveillance, 5 are environmental protection vessels and 4 are hovercraft, two of which are of the same type as operated by the navy.

While the vessels are themselves unarmed, the crews are equipped with light arms equivalent to the ones in use by the Swedish Armed Forces.

In addition, the Coast Guard has 3 ''Dash 8 Q-300'' aircraft for maritime surveillance. The aircraft are based at the Skavsta Airport out of Nyköping.

Maritime helicopters

The Swedish Air Force operates three types of helicopters: ''NHIndustries NH90'', 18 in service (Swedish designation: HKP14), '' AgustaWestland AW109'', 20 in service (Swedish designation: HKP15) and '' Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk'', 15 in service (Swedish designation: HKP16).

8 of the '' AgustaWestland AW109'' helicopters have been modified to be operational from the ''Visby''-class corvettes and , designated HKP15B. Thus does not have a hangar, it can base and maintain 2 HKP15B during longer operations.

HSwMS ''Belos'' has a large helicopter platform for search and rescue purposes.

9 of the ''NHIndustries'' ''NH90'' helicopters are equipped for anti-submarine warfare, designated HKP14F.

Submarine service

Corvettes

Minesweepers

Offshore patrol vessels

Patrol boats

Fast attack and landing craft

Signal intelligence gathering vessels

Auxiliary ships

Command and support ships
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*'' Ledningsbåt 2000'' (2 vessel in service, 451-452)
* ''HMS Skaftö'' (17)

Torpedo salvage vessels
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Transport vessels
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* ''Trossbåt typ 600'' (605, 606, 608, 610, 653)
* HSwMS ''Rödnäbba''

Sub-water support vessels

* HSwMS ''Furusund'' (A320)
* HSwMS ''Ägir'' (A212)

Coastal tug boats
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Tug boats (examples)

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* HSwMS ''Eir'' (755)

Training ships

Schooners
* HSwMS ''Gladan'' (S01)
* HSwMS ''Falken'' (S02)

Ships for navigation education
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Training ships of the Swedish Auxiliary Naval Corps (examples)
*''Gråskär'' (SVK 06)
*''Östhammar'' (SVK 11)
*''Hojskär'' (SVK 70)
*''Bredskär'' (SVK 74)
*''Huvudskär'' (SVK 77)
*''Fårö'' (SVK 603)
*''Lungö'' (SVK 652)
*''Arn'' (SVK 655)
*''Elon'' (SVK 701)

Citations

Bibliography

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External links

{{Commons category, Naval ships of Sweden
Swedish Armed Forces
- Official site
Swedish Coast Guard
- Official site
Swedish Auxiliary Naval Corps
- Official Site
Ships list
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