HSwMS ''Artemis'' is a signals intelligence gathering vessel currently in service for the

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. The ship is to replace Sweden's only signals intelligence vessel, , which was launched in 1984. ''Artemis'' was ordered on 10 April 2017 and was

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on 19 June 2018 at the

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shipyard Nauta and the ship was launched on 17 April 2019. The ship will be long and it will have a

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of 2,200 tons. The project was delayed in March 2021 because the Polish shipyard had economic difficulties and was unable to finish the ship. As a result it was towed to Saab Kockums shipyard in

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, Sweden in February 2022 where construction of the ship was finished with the help of staff from Poland. ''Artemis'' was handed over by Saab Kockums to the

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on 28 April 2023. The outfitting of the ship was performed by the

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and it was commissioned 15 November 2023. HSwMS ''Artemis'' was christened on 3 April 2024, in

. The christening was performed by the Director-General of the

, Björn Lyrvall.

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