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TRAVEL THROUGH THE SWEDISH ARCHIPELAGO WITH THE FAST ATTACK MISSILE BOAT HMS YSTAD
BACKGROUND: THE MISSILE BOATS WERE THE CORE OF THE SWEDISH NAVY SURFACE ATTACK DURING THE 80S. HMS YSTAD WAS ONE OF THE LAST SHIPS, AND WAS TAKEN OUT OF DUTY IN 2005. SMM (NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUMS) BECAME THE NEW OWNER. FSVR (THE ASSOCIATION OF SWEDISH MISSILE BOATS) HAS AN AGREEMENT WITH SMM TO RUN THE FORMER MISSILE BOAT HMS YSTAD AS A LIVING MUSEUM SHIP BY PRESERVING THE SHIP IN ITS ORIGINAL CONDITION AND KEEPING IT FULLY OPERATIONAL. THE ASSOCIATION ALSO WANTS TO SPREAD KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE ROLE THIS CLASS OF SHIPS PLAYED FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS IN THE SWEDISH ARMED FORCES.
ON THE 6TH OF JUNE 2014, THE MARINMUSEUM IN KARLSKRONA OPENS A NEW MUSEUM BULIDING WITH THE FOCUS ON THE 80S COLD WAR, IN WHICH SUBMARINES ARE DISPLAYED AS NEVER BEFORE. SINCE HMS YSTAD IS BUILT IN KARLSKRONA AND WAS VERY ACTIVE DURING THE COLD WAR AND HER SISTER SHIP HMS VSTERVIK IS MOORED THERE, THERE ARE TWO GOOD REASONS FOR THIS HISTORICAL JOURNEY, TO WHICH FSVR SELL PASSENGER TICKETS. WELCOME ON BOARD! FSVR
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ITERNARY STOCKHOLM-KARLSKRONA: SATURDAY MAY 31ST LEG 1: STOCKHOLM (GL)-OXELSUND LEG 2: OXELSUND-VSTERVIK SUNDAY JUNE 1ST LEG 3: VSTERVIK-OSKARSHAMN LEG 4: OSKARSHAMN-KALMAR LEG 5: KALMAR-KARLSKRONA ITERNARY KARLSKRONA-STOCKHOLM: SATURDAY JUNE 7TH LEG 6: KARLSKRONA-KALMAR LEG 7: KALMAR-OSKARSHAMN LEG 8: OSKARSHAMN-VSTERVIK SUNDAY JUNE 8TH LEG 9: VSTERVIK-OXELSUND LEG 10: OXELSUND-STOCKHOLM (GL)
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