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HMS Spica: A Swedish Navy fast attack craft museum

HMS Spica: A Swedish Navy fast attack craft museum

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Explore the HMS Spica, a former Swedish Navy torpedo-armed fast attack craft now preserved as a museum ship in Stockholm.

HSwMS Spica (T121) is a former Swedish Navy Spica-class, torpedo-armed, fast attack craft (FAC). It is now a museum ship at the Vasa Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, and is a listed historic ship of Sweden.

The vessel was one of three constructed in the 1960s by Götaverken AB on Hisingen. The other two constructed by this shipyard were HSwMS Sirius (T122) and HSwMS Capella (T123). Additionally, three similar vessels were built by Karlskronavarvet.

After being taken out of service in 1989, the vessel was made into a museum ship in its former home port of Karlskrona until 2002. It was subsequently moved to the Vasa Museum where it remains today as a historical attraction.

Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons

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