List of ships of the Swedish Navy explained

See also: List of equipment of the Swedish Navy. This is a list of ships of the Swedish Navy.

Auxiliary ships

• , later Hjälparen, stricken 1962
• , broken up 1960s
• , stricken 1993
• , was previously the minelayer MUL 12
• , was previously the minelayer MUL 15
  • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • , previously (MUL 20) and (20)
                                                • HSwMS Marieholm, renamed SS Marieholm.

Battleships

• , launched 1824
• , launched 1856

Coastal defence ships

• • (1885) - retired in 1941
  • (1889) - retired in 1923
  • (1893) - retired in 1923
• • (1896) - retired in 1937
  • (1898) - retired in 1937
  • (1898) - retired in 1922
• (1900) - stricken in 1947 and broken up 1961
• • (1901) - stricken in 1947 and broken up 1961
  • (1901) - stricken in 1940 and broken up 1961
  • (1901) - stricken in 1947 and broken up 1952
  • (1903) - stricken in 1950 and pontoon 1956
• (1905) - stricken in 1950 and broken up 1974
• • (1915) - stricken in 1953 and broken up 1958
  • (1917) - stricken in 1957 and broken up 1960
  • (1918) - stricken in 1957 and broken up 1970

Cruisers

• , sunk as target 1950
• , sold for breaking up 1924
• , sold 1949, broken up 1951
• , sunk as target 1939
• , sunk 1917

• launched 1944, stricken 1964
• launched 1945, sold to Chile 1971

Others

• , sold 1957, broken up
• , stricken 1959, broken up 1961
• , stricken 1960, broken up 1962

Destroyers

• , stricken 1963
• , stricken 1963

• (ex-Giovanni Nicotera), stricken 1947, broken up 1949
• (ex-Bettino Ricasoli), stricken 1947, broken up 1949

• , stricken 1958
• , sunk 1941

• (ex-Spica), stricken 1958
• (ex-Astore), stricken 1958

• , formerly (9), stricken 1947, sunk as target 1960
• , stricken 1947, broken up 1951

• , stricken 1940, sunk as target
• , later (23) stricken 1947, sunk 1961
• , later (22), stricken 1947, broken up 1951
• , later (21), stricken 1947, broken up 1951

• , later (24), stricken 1947, broken up 1949
• , stricken 1940, broken up ~1943

Others

• , stricken 1928, sunk as target 1936
• , stricken 1936, target, broken up 1944
• , stricken 1940, sunk as target 1946

Frigates

See also: List of Swedish sail frigates.

• , launched 1862, broken up 1945

Corvettes

Historical

Sailing corvettes

Steam-corvettes

Motor torpedo boats

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • T41, converted to the picket boat
• T42, converted to the picket boat
• T43, converted to the picket boat
• T44, converted to the picket boat
  • • • T48, converted to the picket boat
  • T50, converted to the picket boat
• T51, converted to the picket boat

Missile boats

• HSwMS Norrköping (R131)
• HSwMS Nynäshamn (R132)
• HSwMS Norrtälje (R133)
• HSwMS Varberg (R134)
• HSwMS Västerås (R135)
  • HSwMS Västervik (R136) HSwMS Umeå (R137)
• HSwMS Piteå (R138)
• HSwMS Luleå (R139)
• HSwMS Halmstad (R140)
• HSwMS Strömstad (R141)
• HSwMS Ystad (R142)

• HSwMS Norrköping (R131)
• HSwMS Nynäshamn (R132)
• HSwMS Piteå (R138)
• HSwMS Luleå (R139)
• HSwMS Halmstad (R140)
• HSwMS Ystad (R142)

Monitors

• • (1865) - sold in 1919
  • (1865) - sold in 1922
  • (1866) - Sold for scrap in 1922
  • (1869) - scrapped in 1908
• (1867) - sold for scrap in 1893
• (1868) - sunk as a target in 1907
• (1872) - retired in 1903
• • (1872) - sold in 1919
  • (1872) - retired in 1919
  • (1873) - sold in 1919
  • (1874) - sold in 1919
  • (1874) - sold in 1919
  • (1875) - sold in 1919
  • (1875) - decommissioned in 1919

Patrol vessels

• HSwMS Jägaren (P150), reclassified to picket boat (vedettbåt) in 1988

Submarines

• URF

• • • • , rebuilt as the attack submarine HSwMS Forellen (U4)
• , rebuilt as the attack submarine HSwMS Aborren (U5)
• , rebuilt as the attack submarine HSwMS Siken (U6)
• , rebuilt as the attack submarine HSwMS Gäddan (U7)
• , rebuilt as the attack submarine HSwMS Laxen (U8)
• , rebuilt as the attack submarine HSwMS Makrillen (U9)

(1942-1966)

• , stricken 1966
• , stricken 1966
• , stricken 1966

(1938-1964)

• , stricken 1959
• , stricken 1964
• , stricken 1960
• , stricken 1959
• , stricken 1964
• , stricken 1959
• , stricken 1963
• , stricken 1964
• , stricken 1959

Delfinen class (1936-1953)

• , stricken 1953, sold 1957, broken up
• , stricken 1953, sold 1958, broken up
• , stricken 1953, sold 1956, broken up

(1929-1948)

• , stricken 1948
• , stricken 1947
• , mined 1943

(1925-1944)

• , stricken 1944

(1921-1944)

• , stricken 1944, broken up 1956
• , sunk 1943, salvaged, broken up 1944
• , stricken 1944, broken up

(1917-1943)

• , stricken 1943, broken up 1944
• , stricken 1942, broken up 1946
• , stricken 1943, broken up 1944

(1916-1937)

• , stricken 1937
• , stricken 1937

(1914-1936)

• (S), stricken 1936, broken up 1946
• (T), stricken 1936, broken up 1946

(1914-1935)

• , stricken 1935
• , stricken 1931

others

• , stricken 1922
• , stricken 1919, sunk as target
• , stricken 1930

Minelayers

• • • HSwMS Visborg (M03), later (A265)
• HSwMS Carlskrona (M04), later (P04)
• , previously (MUL 11)
• , previously (MUL 12)
• , previously (MUL 13)
• , previously (MUL 14)
• , previously (MUL 15)
• , previously (MUL 16)
• , previously (MUL 17)
• , previously (MUL 18)
• , previously (MUL 19)
• HSwMS Furusund (20), previously (MUL 20), now (A320)

Minehunters

- remodeled from the Styrsö class.

- remodeled from the Landsort class.

Minesweepers

Coastal minesweepers

• • , reclassified to picket boat (vedettbåt) in 1979
• , reclassified to picket boat (vedettbåt) in 1979
• , reclassified to picket boat (vedettbåt) in 1979
• , reclassified to picket boat (vedettbåt) in 1979

M15 – M26 (40-båtarna)

Picket boats

• • • • • , previously the motor torpedo boat T42
• , previously the motor torpedo boat T43
• , previously the motor torpedo boat T44
• , previously the motor torpedo boat T41
• , previously the motor torpedo boat T47
• , previously the motor torpedo boat T48
• , previously the motor torpedo boat T50
• , previously the motor torpedo boat T11

Reclassified minesweepers

• HSwMS Tärnö (V52)
• HSwMS Tjurkö (V53)
• HSwMS Sturkö (V54)
• HSwMS Ornö (V55)

Auxiliary picket boats

• • • • • Hjvb 232 (Isbjörn) Hjvb 282 (Libanon) Hjvb 356 (Barry) Hjvb 356 (Condor) Hjvb 356 (Ocean)

Training ships

• • HSwMS af Chapman

See also

• List of active Swedish Navy ships

Bibliography

• Book: Gardiner, Robert. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946. Conway Maritime Press. 1980. London. 0851771467. 368–377.
• Book: Gardiner, Robert. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906-1921. Conway Maritime Press. 1986. London. 0851772455. 355–363.
• Book: Gardiner, Robert. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905. Conway Maritime Press. 1979. London. 0851771335. 360–363.