The Storebro SB90E is a small craft developed by Swedish yacht designer Storebro Bruks AB. It was initially developed for 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 ...

, who designated it the Stridsbåt 90 E, the ''E'' being for ''Enkel'' (

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for ''single'') - shortened to Strb 90 E. It was later rebranded as the Storebro SRC90E for international military export and it is now exclusively sold as SB90E for the civilian market. Their

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is ''YH'', for ambulance boat.

History

The SB90E was originally intended to be used as a medical evacuation vessel and simple insertion craft for the

Swedish Amphibious Corps The Amphibious Corps ( sv, Amfibiekåren, Amf) is the maritime land force arm of the Swedish Navy, with an emphasis on coastal defence. Until 2000 it was known as the Coastal Artillery ( sv, Kustartilleriet), but the name was changed to reflect i ...

, with 60 ordered and 54 delivered; today only 5 remain in Swedish military service, with the rest being scrapped, sold off or in the case of 7 vessels, donated to the civilian ''

Swedish Sea Rescue Society The Swedish Sea Rescue Society ( sv, Sjöräddningssällskapet, SSRS), formally the Swedish Society for the Saving of Shipwrecked Persons ( sv, Svenska Sällskapet för Räddning af Skeppsbrutne) is a Swedish voluntary organisation that works wit ...

'' (Svenska Sjöräddningssällskapet). One (formerly an ambulance boat from Oslo, Norway) is also in the private hands of British Entrepreneur

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for use as a pleasure craft. In most cases the duties intended for the Strb 90 E have been taken over by the Strb 90 H.

Operators

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* The

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operates the SB90E in two variants:Danish Navy LCP class
/ref> ** 4 x LCP-vessels used aboard the

Absalon class command ship The ''Absalon'' class are frigates of the Royal Danish Navy, commissioned in 2005. The two ships in the class may be described as a hybrid between a frigate and military transport ship with multiple role capabilities, with the capacity to be trans ...

, modified with a weapons-station ** 2 x SAR-vessels used aboard the

Knud Rasmussen class patrol vessel The ''Knud Rasmussen'' class is a class of offshore patrol vessels operating in the Royal Danish Navy from 2008. Built to replace the s on a one-for-one basis, the ''Knud Rasmussen''-class vessels are significantly larger, enabling patrols further ...

, modified with ice-reinforcement and upgraded engines

Specifications

* Length: 11.9 m * Beam: 2.90 m * Draft: 0.7 m * Displacement: 7.2 t * Range: Approx. 200 nm * Max. speed: Approx. 42 knots

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