List of active Swedish Navy ships

This is a list of active ships of the Swedish Navy.

Swedish Navy

The Swedish Navy is the naval branch of the Swedish Armed Forces. It is composed of surface and submarine naval units – the Royal Fleet (Kungliga flottan) – as well as marine units, the Amphibious Corps.

In Swedish, vessels of the Swedish Navy are given the prefix "HMS," short for Hans/Hennes Majestäts Skepp (His/Her Majesty's Ship). In English, this is often changed to "HSwMS" ("His/Her Swedish Majesty's Ship") to differentiate Swedish vessels from those of the British Royal Navy.

Swedish Coast Guard
The Swedish Coast Guard Combination Vessel KBV 001 Poseidon

Even if the Swedish Coast Guard is not officially a part of the navy, and operates under the Ministry of Justice, its activities are coordinated with the Swedish Armed Forces in a number of areas.

Out of 20 bases from Luleå to Strömstad, the Coast Guard operate along the entire coastline of Sweden, with the mission to rescue, assist and monitor.

The total number of vessels exceeds 100 of which 25 are patrol and combination vessels dedicated to maritime surveillance, 5 are environmental protection vessels and 4 are hovercraft, two of which are of the same type as operated by the navy.

While the vessels are themselves unarmed, the crews are equipped with light arms equivalent to the ones in use by the Swedish Police.

In addition, the Coast Guard has 3 Dash 8 Q-300 aircraft for maritime surveillance. The aircraft are based at the Skavsta Airport out of Nyköping.

Maritime helicopters
AgustaWestland AW109 on the helipad of HSwMS Carlskrona (P04)

The Swedish Air Force operates three types of helicopters: NHIndustries NH90, 18 in service (Swedish designation: HKP14), AgustaWestland AW109, 20 in service (Swedish designation: HKP15) and Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk, 15 in service (Swedish designation: HKP16).

8 of the AgustaWestland AW109 helicopters have been modified to be operational from the Visby-class corvettes and HSwMS Carlskrona, designated HKP15B. Thus HSwMS Carlskrona does not have a hangar, it can base and maintain 2 HKP15B during longer operations.

HSwMS Belos has a large helicopter platform for search and rescue purposes.

9 of the NHIndustries NH90 helicopters are equipped for anti-submarine warfare, designated HKP14F.

Submarine service
Class Number
of ships		 Origin Commissioned Displacement
(tonnes)		 Speed
(knots)		 Ships Photo
Södermanland-class2 Sweden1989-1990140020HSwMS Södermanland (Söd)
HSwMS Östergötland (Ögd)
Gotland-class3 Sweden1996-1998158020HSwMS Gotland (Gtd)
HSwMS Uppland (Upd)
HSwMS Halland (Hnd)
Submarine rescue ship 1  Netherlands 1985 6150 13 HSwMS Belos (A214)

Corvettes
Class Number
of ships		 Origin Commissioned Displacement
(tonnes)		 Speed
(knots)		 Ships Photo
Göteborg-class2  Sweden1990-199338030HSwMS Gävle (K22)
HSwMS Sundsvall (K24)
Visby-class5  Sweden2009-201360040HSwMS Visby (K31)
HSwMS Helsingborg (K32)
HSwMS Härnösand (K33)
HSwMS Nyköping (K34)
HSwMS Karlstad (K35)

Minesweepers
Class Number
of ships		 Origin Commissioned Displacement
(tonnes)		 Speed
(knots)		 Ships Photo
Koster-class5 Sweden1986-199236015HSwMS Koster (M73)
HSwMS Kullen (M74)
HSwMS Vinga (M75)
HSwMS Ven (M76)
HSwMS Ulvön (M77)
Styrsö-class4  Sweden1996-199820513HSwMS Styrsö (M11)
HSwMS Spårö (M12)
HSwMS Skaftö (M13)
HSwMS Sturkö (M14)

Off-shore patrol vessels
Class Number
of ships		 Origin Commissioned Displacement
(tonnes)		 Speed
(knots)		 Ships Photo
Carlscrona-class1 Sweden1982315020HSwMS Carlskrona (P04)

Patrol boats
Class Number
of ships		 Origin Commissioned Displacement
(tonnes)		 Speed
(knots)		 Ships Photo
Stockholm-class 2  Sweden 1985 380 30 HSwMS Stockholm (P11)
HSwMS Malmö (P12)
Tapper-class 11  Sweden 1993-1999 62 25 HSwMS Djärv (82)
HSwMS Dristig (83)
HSwMS Händig (84)
HSwMS Trygg (85)
HSwMS Modig (86)
HSwMS Hurtig (87)
HSwMS Rapp (88)
HSwMS Stolt (89)
HSwMS Ärlig (90)
HSwMS Munter (91)
HSwMS Orädd (92)

    Fast attack and landing craft
    Class Number
    of ships    		 Origin Commissioned Displacement
    (tonnes)    		 Speed
    (knots)    		 Ships Photo
    G-class Landing Craft 100  Finland 1995-1999 2 30 001-100
    Griffon 2000TD Hovercraft 3  England n.i. n/a 50 302-304
    600-class Fast Supply Vessels 16  Sweden 1995-1999 65 25 662-677
    CB90-class147 Sweden1991-1999
    2002-2003    		 1530801-947

    Signal intelligence gathering vessels
    Class Number
    of ships    		 Origin Commissioned Displacement
    (tonnes)    		 Speed
    (knots)    		 Ships Photo
    Orion-class1 Sweden1984
    		 120515HSwMS Orion (A201)

    Auxiliary ships

    Command and support ships

    Torpedo salvage vessels

    • HSwMS Pelikanen (A247)

    Transport vessels

    • HSwMS Loke (A344)
    • HSwMS Nåttarö (608)
    • HSwMS Rödnäbba

    Sub-water support vessels

    Coastal tug boats

    • HSwMS Hector (A254)
    • HSwMS Hercules (A255)

    Tug boats (examples)

    • HSwMS Tyr (702)
    • HSwMS Ran (753)
    • HSwMS Eir (755)

    Training ships

    Schooners

    Ships for navigation education

    • HSwMS Altair (A501)
    • HSwMS Antares (A502)
    • HSwMS Arcturus (A503)
    • HSwMS Argo (A504)
    • HSwMS Astrea (A505)

    Training ships of the Swedish Auxiliary Naval Corps (examples)

    • Gråskär (SVK 06)
    • Östhammar (SVK 11)
    • Hojskär (SVK 70)
    • Bredskär (SVK 74)
    • Huvudskär (SVK 77)
    • Fårö (SVK 603)
    • Lungö (SVK 652)
    • Arn (SVK 655)
    • Elon (SVK 701)
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