Royal Swedish Navy

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The Royal Swedish Navy is the naval branch of the Swedish Armed Forces. It consists of surface and submarine naval units – the Fleet – as well as marine units, the so-called Amphibious Corps.

In Swedish, Royal Swedish Navy vessels are given the prefix "HMS," short for Hans/Hennes Majestäts Skepp ("His/Her Majesty's Ship").

Contents 1 The fleet 1.1 Surface vessels 1.1.1 Destroyers 1.1.2 Frigates 1.1.3 Corvettes 1.1.4 Patrol boats 1.1.5 Combat boats 1.1.6 Mine countermeasure vessels 1.2 Submarines 1.3 Auxiliary vessels 1.4 School ships

[edit] The fleet

[edit] Surface vessels

[edit] Destroyers

• 2 Type 45 destroyers
  • 1 NHI NH90 NATO Frigate Helicopter

[edit] Frigates

• 3 F124 Sachsen class anti-air frigates
  • 2 NHI NH90 NATO Frigate Helicopters
• 3 F123 Brandenburg class anti-submarine frigates
  • 2 NHI NH90 NATO Frigate Helicopters
• 5 La Fayette class light multimission frigates
  • 1 NHI NH90 NATO Frigate Helicopter

[edit] Corvettes

• 10 Visby class corvettes
• 8 Göteborg class corvettes
• 4 Stockholm class corvettes

[edit] Patrol boats

• 12 Tapper class patrol boats

[edit] Combat boats

• 250 Stridsbåt 90 fast military assault craft

[edit] Mine countermeasure vessels

• 7 Landsort class mine countermeasure vessels
• 4 Styrsö class mine countermeasure vessels

[edit] Submarines

• 6 Gotland class submarines
• 4 Södermanland class submarines

[edit] Auxiliary vessels

• 100 G class landing craft
• 1 Älvsborg class support vessel
• 1 patrol craft tender
• 4 minelayers
• 2 submarine salvage vessels
• 1 dive tender
• 2 torpedo salvage vessels
• 1 transport ship
• 1 SIGINT vessel

[edit] School ships

• 2 schooners
• 3 navigation education ships