Svenska Marinen - Swedish Navy

[Sandhi Yudha]

There seems to be no thread yet about the Swedish Navy, so lets start one.

Here an article about the A26 Blekinge Class design.
The A26 has been designed from the outset to better accommodate special forces missions, and underwater drones. These features, principally the large hangar between the torpedo tubes, may also be useful in seabed warfare.

The two A26 boats (HMS Blekinge and HMS Skåne) will replace the two submarines of the Södermanland class (upgraded Västergötland Class submarines). The keel laying ceremony for HMS Blekinge took place on 30 June 2022 at Saab Kockums’ shipyard in Karlskrona, Southern Sweden. In parallel, the Gotland class will undergo a mid-life upgrade. The two A26 units are planned to enter service in 2027-2028, so soon the Svenska Marinen will be able to spy on NATO-communication cables and sabotage Russian pipelines....theoretically.

Sweden's A-26 Submarine Creates New Possibilities For Seabed Warfare - Naval News

Sweden's new A-26 Blekinge Class submarines have been designed with covert missions in mind. Traditionally these would include special forces and intelligence gathering. Now as the naval world pivots towards seabed warfare, the Swedish submarine might find a new niche. One that the design is...

www.navalnews.com

 

[Sandhi Yudha]

The new ship was ordered on 10 April 2017 and was laid down on 19 June 2018 at the Polish shipyard Nauta. The ship was launched on 17 April 2019 and should have been transferred later to Karlskrona, Sweden, where outfitting and finishing was planned. The vessel was expected to be commissioned in 2020.
The project was delayed in March 2021 because the Polish shipyard had economic difficulties and was unable to finish the ship.

But on 28 April 2023 Saab-Kockums handed her over to the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration, Försvarets materielverk - FMV. She will now be fitted with signal intelligence equipment under the care of the National Defence Radio Establishment (Försvarets radioanstalt - FRA).

The new ship 74 meter long HMS Artemis is to be commissioned by the end of 2023 and will have a displacement of 2200 tons.

Saab delivers new SIGINT-ship HMS Artemis to the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration, FMV

35 years after her predecessor HMS Orion, HMS Artemis was launched. Today Saab is handing her over to the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration, FMV. She will now be fitted with signal intelligence equipment under the care of the National Defence Radio Establishment (FRA).

www.saab.com

Saab delivers new SIGINT-ship "Artemis" to Sweden - Naval News

On April 28, 2023, Saab announced the delivery of the new intelligence gathering ship named HSwMS Artemis to the Swedish FMV.

www.navalnews.com

 

[Sandhi Yudha]

So the ships are still on the drawing board, but a decision on what the eight new ships will be called is already made. The Luleå-class will be larger than the existing Visby and Gävle-class corvettes and will be equipped to operate in all levels of conflict against surface, air and sub-surface targets.

Sweden's Future Surface Combatant to be known as Luleå-class - Naval News

 

[Ananda]

Xavier video on the Interview with Chief of Swedish Navy and Head Procurement. The talk on the Future Surface Combatants, New Submarine Project, and Visby Corvettes MLU. Also mentioned on Swedish Coastal Missile defense.

 

[Ananda]

Xavier video which seems continuation from last year interview (previous video). So far the programs seems still in line with last year intinterview. For future surface combatan Swedish navy seems set that the next one will be considerably bigger then Visby. With +/-110m it will be in the area of Large Corvette or Light Frigate.

 

[Sandhi Yudha]

The Swedish Defence Materiel Agency, FMV, in cooperation with the Swedish Armed Forces and Swedish defence company Saab has fired Saab’s Lightweight Torpedo (Torped 47 or SLWT), from a CB 90 fast assault craft and a Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) during recent trials. The Torped 47 or SLWT is a new lightweight torpedo intended for underwater and surface targets, providing multiple-target active/passive homing combined with wire guidance. It is designed and manufactured by Saab Dynamics as a replacement for the Torped 45.

Video: Saab test-fires lightweight torpedo from CB 90 and USV - Naval News