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Royal Swedish Navy - Svenska Marinen P04 HSwMS Carlskrona |
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class: Ocean Patrol Vessel > former Minelayer M04 /
unique unit Builder: Karlskronavarvet AB (later Kockums, now Saab Kockums), Karlskrona, Blekinge County, Sweden STATUS: Laid down: ? Launched: June 28, 1980 Commissioned: January 11, 1982 IN SERVICE Homeport: Karlskrona Naval Base, Blekinge, Sweden Namesake: City of Karlskrona, Blekinge County Technical Data: Displacement: 3150 tonnes Length: 105.7 meters (346 feet 9 inches) Beam: 15.2 m (49 ft 10 in) Draft: 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) Speed: 20 knots (37 km/h) Complement: 45 officers / 40 cadets / 85 conscripts Propulsion: 4 x Nohab Polar F212V diesel engines (1940 kW, each) Armament (as built): 1 x Bofors 57mm gun 2 x Bofors 40mm guns as a Patrol Vessel: 2 x Bofors 40mm guns Aviation: helicopter landing pad / no hangar Systems: air/surface search radar 2 x fire control radar with IR/TV |
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               Bofors 40/L70 gun  Bofors 57mm gun and Bofors 40/L70 gun  M04 HSwMS Carlskrona  M04 HSwMS Carlskrona  M04 HSwMS Carlskrona  M04 HSwMS Carlskrona  M04 HSwMS Carlskrona  M04 HSwMS Carlskrona  M04 HSwMS Carlskrona |
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P04 HSwMS Carlskrona: HSwMS Carlskrona built at the Karlskrona shipyard as the largest ship ever built at the shipyard. Not only was the ship designed as a minelayer, but it was also constructed to be used as the Swedish Navy's long-travel ship. The launch took place on 28 May 1980 with 3,000 invited guests, where the king Carl XVI Gustaf christened the ship. A music corps and ceremonial company was included in ceremony and among the guests were Defense Minister Eric Krönmark, the Chief of the Navy, Vice Admiral Per Rudberg and the Director General of the Defence Materiel Administration Ove Ljung. On 19 March 1982 the ship was delivered to the navy, where she replaced HSwMS Älvsnabben (M01) and the long travel ship. During the Cold War, large minelayers like Carlskrona were very important in the Swedish defense strategy, causing the ship to be without a role after the restructuring of the Swedish Armed Forces in the early 2000s. Carlskrona was refitted in 2002. The refit left the ship fit for active service until at least 2018-20. In 2009-2010 she was modified for the Ocean Patrol Vessel (OPV) role and redesignated from M to P (P04). Carlskrona took part in the EUNAVFOR operation ATALANTA in the Gulf of Aden (Somalia) in 2010. She left the naval base at Karlskrona, Sweden on 13 March 2010, and commenced her mission as HQ ship for the EU operation on 15 April. On 6 May 2016 Carlskrona collided with the ferry Yxlan outside Karlskrona in the Baltic Sea. The ship received minor damage and returned to active duty only ten days later. In August 2016 the ship was dry-docked to give the ship a 10 year extension refit that will extend its service-life to 2025. The ship was handed back to the Swedish Navy on 16 June 2017. Both the 57 mm guns were removed. The aft gun was removed when the helicopter pad was expanded and the forward 57 mm gun was removed when the ship was mothballed in 2007 as it was of an older type that was no longer used on any other ships in the Swedish Navy. On 13 May 2022, Carlskrona took part in a PASSEX training with the Finnish and American navies in the northern Baltic Sea. M04 HSwMS Carlskrona (1980-2010) P04 HSwMS Carlskrona (2010-) |
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Karlskrona (earlier Carlskrona or Carls Croona) ... is a city and the seat of Karlskrona Municipality, Trossö Island, Blekinge County, Sweden with a population of 66,675 in 2018. It is also the capital of Blekinge County. Karlskrona is host to Sweden's largest naval base and the headquarters of the Swedish Coast Guard. The city name means Karl's Crown in honour of King Karl XI of Sweden. |
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