Moored on Skeppsholmen's western shore, S/S Orion is a listed historic ship of Sweden. Built in 1929 at the Helsingborgs Varfs AB shipyard in Helsingborg, the steam-powered vessel served as a service ship for the Swedish Maritime Administration.
The ship served the Trosa - Karlskrona Pilot District between 1929 and 1956, with a home port in Kalmar. During this time, it was used to inspect lighthouses and pilotage sites, to lay out and pick up buoys, and to refill gas in lighthouses.
After being decommissioned in 1979, the vessel moved to the Skeppsholmen quay-berths in 1993. It now serves as a museum ship and remains the oldest of its kind still remaining in Sweden.
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Written by Nik Frost
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