CARLSCRONA (P04)

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CARLSCRONA (P04)

Post by aukepalmhof » Wed Jan 26, 2022 10:21 pm

Built as a minelayer by the Karlskronavarvet, Karlskrona for the Swedish Royal Navy.
28 June 1980 launched as the HSwMS CARLSKRONA (M-04).
Displacement: 3,150 tonnes, 3,550 tonnes, dim. 105.7 x 15.2 x 4.7m. (draught).
Powered by 4 Nohab polar F212V diesel engines each 1,940 kW, speed 20 knots.
Armament: 1 Bofors 57mm, 2 Bofors 40mm and can carry 106 mines. At the moment (2022) she is no longer armed. Aircraft carried 1 x AW109LUH (HKP15B)
Crew 45 officers, 40 cadets, and 85 conscripts.
11 January 1982 commissioned.

HSwMS CARLSKRONA (in Swedish: HMS CARLSKRONA ) is the longest vessel in the Swedish Navy at 105.7 meters (347 ft). Only BELOS, the submarine rescue vessel, has more displacement. She was originally designed as a minelayer and is also used for exercise expeditions. She replaced HSwMS ÄLVSNABBEN in both roles.
History
CARLSKRONA was built at the Karlskrona shipyard as the largest ship ever built at the shipyard. Not only was the ship designed as a minelayer, but it was also constructed to be used as the Swedish Navy's long-travel ship.
The launch took place on 28 May 1980 with 3,000 invited guests, where king Carl XVI Gustaf christened the ship. A music corps and ceremonial company were included in the ceremony and among the guests were Defense Minister Eric Krönmark, the Chief of the Navy, Vice Admiral Per Rudberg, and the Director-General of the Defence Materiel Administration Ove Ljung. On 19 March 1982, the ship was delivered to the navy, where she replaced HSwMS ÄLVSNABBEN (M01) as the long travel ship.
During the Cold War, large minelayers like CARLSKRONA were very important in the Swedish defense strategy, causing the ship to be without a role after the restructuring of the Swedish Armed Forces in the early 2000s. CARLSKRONA was refitted in 2002. The refit left the ship fit for active service until at least 2018–20. In 2009-2010 she was modified for the Ocean Patrol Vessel (OPV) role and redesignated from M to P (P04). CARLSKRONA took part in the EUNAVFOR operation in the Gulf of Aden (Somalia) in 2010. She left the naval base at Karlskrona, Sweden on March 13, 2010, and commenced her mission as HQ ship for the EU operation on April 15.
On May 6, 2016, CARLSKRONA collided with the ferry YXLAN outside Karlskrona in the Baltic Sea. The ship received minor damage and returned to active duty only ten days later.
In August 2016 the ship was dry-docked to give the ship a 10-year extension refit that will extend its service life to 2025. The ship was handed back to the Swedish Navy on June 16, 2017.
Today both the 57mm guns have been removed. The aft gun was removed when the helicopter pad was expanded and the front 57mm gun was removed when the ship was mothballed in 2007 as it was of an older type that was no longer used on any other ships in the Swedish Navy.
Between 1 August 2016 and 16 June 2017, a life extension of the vessel was made by Saab Kockums, where the purpose was to extend the life of the vessel with retained capabilities until 2025. On 16 June 2017, FMV handed over the vessel to the Armed Forces.

2022 In active service.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSwMS_CARLSKRONA _(P04)
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