HSwMS Trossö (A264)

HSwMS Trossö
History
Sweden
Name	Trossö Livonia (1991–1998) [1] Arnold Veymer (1984–1991) [2]
Namesake	Swedish island Trossö
Builder	Oy Laivateollisuus Ab, Turku, Finland
Launched	1984
Acquired	1997
Commissioned	1998
Identification	IMO number: 8119027 MMSI number: 265837000 Callsign: SGFQ
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General characteristics
Class and type	Akademik Shuleykin-class research vessel
Displacement	2,140 t (2,110 long tons)
Length	71.6 m (234 ft 11 in)
Beam	12.8 m (42 ft 0 in)
Draft	4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	2 × diesel engines, 3,000 hp (2,200 kW)
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	61 men, including 27 enlisted[3]
Armament	Machine guns

HSwMS Trossö (A264) is an auxiliary ship in the Swedish Navy. She was built in Finland for the Soviet Navy as an Akademik Shuleykin-class ice-strengthened patrol craft tender, launched in 1984 as Arnold Veymer and renamed Livonia in 1991. Her sister ships were Akademik Shuleykin, Akademik Gamburtsev, Professor Molchanov, Professor Multanovskiy, Geolog Dmitriy Nalivkin, Professor Polshkov, Professor Khromov and Akademik Shokalskiy.

History

Arnold Veymer, named after Arnold Veimer, was built in Finland in 1984 for the Soviet Academy of Sciences as an oceanographic ship. She was transferred to Estonia to carry out marine research in the Baltic Sea and in the Atlantic.

The Swedish Navy bought the ship from Estonia in September 1996 and she entered service in 1998 as HSwMS Trossö (A264). She was refitted in 2003 at Falkvarv, Falkenberg and now serves the 4th Naval Warfare Flotilla as a support ship. She also serves as a command ship during larger exercises.

In 2008, together with HSwMS Stockholm and HSwMS Malmö, she was included in the Swedish naval force of the Operation Atalanta, deployed off the Somali coast to fight piracy.^[3][4] On 21 October 2009 the ship returned to Karlskrona. The home transportation was done with the semi-submersible heavy-lift ship, MV Eide Transporter.^[5]

References

1. "Our Expedition Vessel Livonia as cruise ship". Archived from the original on 2013-11-03. Retrieved 2012-12-06.
2. Arnold Veymer Archived 2013-04-17 at archive.today(in Russian)
3. Björklund, Felix (2008). Haglund, Sven-Åke (ed.). "Skydda Afrikas östkust från pirater". Insats & Försvar (in Swedish) (3). Swedish Armed Forces: 17. ISSN 1652-3571.
4. Karlberg, Lars Anders (12 March 2009). "Svenska korvetter på piratjakt i Somalia". Ny Teknik (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 20 March 2009. Retrieved 31 March 2009.
5. Svensson, Joakim (21 October 2009). "Åter i hemmahamnen" (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. Retrieved 24 October 2009.

External links

• Swedish Armed Forces - HMS Trossö (in Swedish)
• 3rd Surfacewarfare Flotilla - 34th Supportdivision (in Swedish)
• World Navies Today - Trosso patrol craft tender (in English)
• Örlogsboken 2003 (in Swedish)