HSwMS_Malmö_(K12)

HSwMS <i>Malmö</i> (P12)

HSwMS Malmö (P12)

Swedish Stockholm-class corvette

For other ships with the same name, see HSwMS Malmö.

HSwMS Malmö (P12) is a patrol vessel belonging to the Swedish Navy. Together with her sister ship HSwMS Stockholm, she formed the Stockholm class. In 1999 she was set to begin her mid-life upgrade and in 2010 she was merged into the 31st Corvette Division of the 3rd Naval Warfare Flotilla along with her sister ship. In 2017, Malmö was rebuilt into a Malmö-class patrol vessel.

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History

Malmö was built by Karlskronavarvet and was launched on 21 Mars 1985. After trials the ship was delivered to the Navy on 8 November 1985, and then became the command ship for one of the then surface warfare flotillas.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Stockholm class Corvette / Patrol Vessel". seaforces.org. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  2. [2]
    "Stockholmklassen (HMS Stockholm och HMS Malmö)". www.vhfk.se (in Swedish). Varvshistoriska Föreningen i Karlskrona. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
  3. [3]
    Hofsten, Gustaf von; Waernberg, Jan; Ohlsson, Curt S. (2003). Örlogsfartyg: svenska maskindrivna fartyg under tretungad flagg. [Forum navales skriftserie], 1650-1837 ; [6] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Svenskt militärhistoriskt bibl. i samarbete med Marinlitteratur. p. 254. ISBN 919743843X. SELIBR 8873330.
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