Lewin of Greenwich Naval History & Forum

Another export success for the Common Anti-air Modular Missile (CAMM / Sea Ceptor).

The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration has signed a contract with MBDA Group to fit the system to the 5 Visby class corvettes.

Äran Class Coastal Defence Ship HSwMS Wasa pictured at Berga Naval Base, Hårsfjärden c 1904.

Lead Ship, Coastal Defence Ship HSwMS Sverige.

Sweden has just commissioned a new Signals intelligence gathering ship HMSS Artemis.
Will operate in the Baltic - primarily collecting SIGINT from Kaliningrad and St Petersburg areas of Russia
See - https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/sverig ... -ryssarna/
{Nearly as many aerials etc. as RFA Stirling Castle]

Tre Kronor Class Light Cruiser HSwMS Göta Lejon pictured in dry dock in 1971.

Äran Class Coastal Defence Ship HSwMS Wasa pictured at Karlskrona in 1919.

Divers inspect the wreck of HSwMS Svärdet....During the Scanian War she fought in the Battle of Öland. She was surrounded early in the battle, and fought for two hours until her main mast was destroyed and the ship surrendered. Before the surrounding enemies could board Svärdet, a Dutch fireship accidentally set her ablaze. The fire eventually reached her gunpowder store, which set off an explosion that sank the ship. Only about 50 of a crew of nearly 650 men survived. On November 15th 2011, it was announced that her wreck had been found by divers off the island coast of Öland.

Sweden Looking At More Surface Combatants And Submarines

The Swedish Parliamentary Defence Committee has presented their proposal for the period of 2026 to 2030. The Committee is calling for the procurement of additional surface combatants and submarines.
Robin Häggblom 29 Apr 2024

The document was published last week on the government of Sweden website. The proposal is expected to form the basis for the next Swedish Defence Act, planned for later this year. The proposal is notable in a number of ways, being the first made following Sweden’s NATO membership as well as the first since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Continues https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/20 ... ubmarines/

Chief of Royal Swedish Navy on NATO membership and new SIGINT ship HMS Artemis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7LseB1DNN8

Navy Lookout
Babcockplc has been selected by Saab to support the design for the development of the Swedish Navy’s new Luleå-class Surface Combatant. (100m+ length)
Senior representatives from the Swedish Navy, RN, Saab and Babcock met in Rosyth to mark the beginning of the collaboration (following the Strategic Cooperation Agreement signed in Sept 2023).

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/babcock ... h-warship/