HSwMS ''Spica'' (T121) is a former

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''Spica''-class, torpedo-armed, fast attack craft (FAC), now a

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at the Vasa Museum in

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Construction and career

The vessel was one of three constructed in the 1960s by Götaverken AB on

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, the other two being HSwMS ''Sirius'' (T122) and HSwMS ''Capella'' (T123). Three similar vessels were built by Karlskronavarvet. The vessel was taken out of service in 1989 and made into a museum ship at the Vasa Museum in her former home port of

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until 2002. It is a listed historic ship of Sweden.

Gallery

File:HMS Spica torpedo boat.jpg, HSwMS ''Spica'' at sea in 1966. File:HMS Spica from above.jpg, HSwMS ''Spica'' at sea in 1966. File:Swedish museum ship HMS Spica (T121), moored outside the Vasa Museum (July 2005).jpg, HSwMS ''Spica'' moored outside of the Vasa Museum in July 2005. The tall funnel belongs to SS ''Sankt Erik'', moored on the other side of the jetty. File:Swedish museum ship HMS Spica (T121).jpg, HSwMS ''Spica'' moored outside of the Vasa Museum in July 2005. The tall funnel belongs to SS ''Sankt Erik'', moored on the other side of the jetty. File:Spica T121.jpg, HSwMS ''Spica'' underway on 8 September 2018.

References

External links

HNSA Ship Page: T121 Spica
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