SWEDISH NAVY

Photo by John F. Williams

The Swedish Navy sent three ships to participate in BALTOPS 95. The minelayer and training ship HMSWMS Carlskrona (pictured above), the "Stockholm" class coastal corvette HSWMS Malmo (K 12) (below right) and the MCMV "landsort" class minehunter HSWMS Ulvon (M 77).

The minelayer and training ship Carlskrona is one of the largest vessels in the Royal Swedish Navy. She was commissioned in 1982 and made her first training cruise during the winter of 1982-83. Carlskrona has a large mine deck which is partly used for classrooms and other special accommodation purposes during the cruises.

One of the major port visits during this years BALTOPS was Karlskrona, Sweden, (below left) considered a natural meeting point in the Baltic region. Karlskrona, located in the southern part of Sweden, is actually built on 33 islands extending five kilometers out in the Blekinge archipelago. The town was established by king Karl XI in 1680 to provide the Swedish Navy with a new headquarters and ice-free harbor at a strategic posistion on the Baltic Sea.

photos by John F. Williams

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