A264 HMS Trossö |
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| Career ( Swedish Navy) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | 1984: Arnold Veimer 1984: Livonia 1991: HMS Trossö |
| Builder: | Laivateollisuus, Turku, Finland |
| Launched: | 1984 |
| Acquired: | 1997 |
| Commissioned: | 1998 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Akademik Shuleykin class |
| Displacement: | 2140 tonnes |
| Length: | 71.6m |
| Beam: | 12.8m |
| Draft: | 4.5m |
| Propulsion: | 2x diesel engines, 3000 hk |
| Speed: | 14 knots |
| Complement: | 34 Officers 27 Conscripts |
| Armament: | Machine guns |
HMS Trossö is an Akademik Shuleykin-class ice-strengthened patrol craft tender in the Swedish Navy. She was built in Finland for the Soviet Navy, launched in 1984 as Arnold Veimer and renamed Livonia in 1991.
Arnold Veimer was built in Finland for the Soviet Navy as an oceanographic ship. She was transferred to Estonia as a patrol and pollution clean-up ship.
The Swedish Navy bought the ship from Estonia in 1997 and she entered service in 1998 as HMS Trossö (A264). She was refitted in 2003 at Falkvarv, Falkenberg and now serves the 3rd Naval Warfare Flotilla as a support ship. She also serves as a command ship during larger exercises.
In November 2008, it was announced that HMS Trossö, together with two corvettes, HMS Stockholm and HMS Malmö, from the Swedish royal navy would be transported by Eide Trader and deployed off the Somalian coast to fight piracy.
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