HSwMS ''Trossö'' (A264) is an

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in the

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. She was built in

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for the Soviet Navy as an

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ice-strengthened patrol craft tender, launched in 1984 as ''Arnold Veymer'' and renamed ''Livonia'' in 1991. Her sister ships were '' Akademik Shuleykin'', '' Akademik Gamburtsev'', ''

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'', '' Professor Multanovskiy'', '' Geolog Dmitriy Nalivkin'', '' Professor Polshkov'', '' Professor Khromov'' and ''

Akademik Shokalskiy MV ''Akademik Shokalskiy'' (russian: Академик Шокальский) is an ''Akademik Shuleykin''-class ice-strengthened ship, built in Finland in 1982 and originally used for oceanographic research. In 1998 she was fully refurbished to s ...

''.

History

''Arnold Veymer'', named after

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, was built in

in 1984 for the Soviet Academy of Sciences as an

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ship. She was transferred to

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to carry out marine research in the Baltic Sea and in the Atlantic. The

bought the ship from

in September 1996 and she entered service in 1998 as HSwMS ''Trossö'' (A264). She was refitted in 2003 at Falkvarv, Falkenberg and now serves the 4th Naval Warfare Flotilla as a support ship. She also serves as a command ship during larger exercises. In 2008, together with and , she was included in the Swedish naval force of the

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, deployed off the

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coast to fight

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. On 21 October 2009 the ship returned to Karlskrona. The home transportation was done with the semi-submersible heavy-lift ship, MV ''Eide Transporter''.

References

External links

Swedish Armed Forces - ''HMS Trossö''

3rd Surfacewarfare Flotilla - ''34th Supportdivision''

* Örlogsboken 2003 Naval ships of Sweden 1984 ships Akademik Shuleykin-class oceanographic research vessels of the Swedish Navy Ships built in Turku {{Sweden-stub