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Country
  
Sweden

Branch
  
Swedish Navy

Garrison/HQ
  
Karlskrona

Allegiance
  
Swedish Armed Forces

Size
  
12 ships

3rd Naval Warfare Flotilla (Sweden)

Founded
  
September 1, 2005; 11 years ago (2005-09-01)

3rd Naval Warfare Flotilla (Swedish: Tredje sjöstridsflottiljen or 3. sjöstridsflj) of the Swedish Navy was founded in 2005 when the former minelayer and surface flotillas joined together. The flotilla's home base is in Karlskrona, Blekinge and is a part of the Karlskrona naval base. The flotilla mostly deploy ships in international missions today.

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Organization

The flotilla is split into three different divisions.

31st Corvett division

  • HMS Stockholm (K11) of Stockholm-class
  • HMS Malmö (K12) of Stockholm-class
  • HMS Helsingborg (K32) corvett of Visby-class.
  • HMS Härnösand (K33) corvett av Visby-class.
  • 3 patrol boats of the Tapper-class.

    • 33rd Minelayer division

  • 2 Minelayer ship of Koster-class.
  • 1 ship of Spårö-class.
  • 1 work ship, HMS Fårösund

    • 34th Support division

  • HMS Trossö (A264)

    • The former missile boat division was stationed in the flotilla until September 2005 when all the ships was decommissioned.

    Commanders

  • 2005–2008 – Erik Andersson
  • 2008–2011 – Anders Olovsson
  • 2012–2015 – Magnus Jönsson
  • 2016–present – Bengt Lundgren

    • References

    3rd Naval Warfare Flotilla (Sweden) Wikipedia
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