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The term Navy has been used for a very
long time ever since man figured out how to combat on sea with one of the first real major navies being from India during the
chola dynasty
However, not all navies need to be massive to get the job done and in the modern world Sweden has some rather interesting
Aspects to its Navy that might even impress you as well the Navy of Sweden has a history that is vast and definitive
What's up, guys? Welcome to another awesome video here on FTD facts
My name is boom, Dave Walpole, and I'm glad to be talking about the Swedish Navy because let's be perfectly honest
I mean I have talked so much about Sweden. It's crazy
I mean some of you guys are probably my regular video viewer guys, and you guys are like, yes, just give us more stuff on
Sweden's military as a matter of fact, I had a couple you guys request this video
So that's why I'm continuing to do it with that in mind and let's get started
But before I do, so, just letting you know if you're liking this video at any time just hit that like button
Especially if you want more
Military content around Sweden that being said I also made a really cool playlist about all the military stuff that we've done about Sweden
It's right here. I'm also gonna put at the end of the video, but let's get started
Shall we you guys are here for facts not for me talking all the time. Well, it got some bad news
You guys are gonna hear me talk because I can't give you the facts without it. It's not gonna work
So first of all, the Swedish Navy and all its ships have the prefix HMS
Which means basically Her Majesty's ship, which I don't know about you guys
but when I first saw that fact
I was like this has got to be alive because mmm no HMS stands for Her Majesty's ship for the British
Not for the Swedish. Well, actually it is for the Swedish as well. And therefore most of the English actually identify Swedish ships as HS
WMS which stands for his or her Swedish Majesty's ship, which may make you think which one actually
Theoretically came first the Brits or the Swedes
well, theoretically it was the Swedish because as for them their Navy was founded on June 7th, 1550 - which was prior to
Britain's Navy being founded in
1546 so like a 20-year difference which by the way guys we're not comparing the two this is just all about Sweden and that's that
However, truth be told this date is only
realistically what modern people kind of identify it as
Realistically Sweden had a navy well before I mean, of course if you include the Vikings they totally did as well
But as a matter of fact the early Kings did have naval forces as far back as the 9th century
but as for June 7th 1520 - being the founding date it is because this was when Sweden was
Separated from the Kalmar Union and when Gustav Vasa the king of Sweden at the time
Ended up buying a fair amount of ships for his Navy from the German town of Lubeck
Now you may think yourself
Sweden in today's world is a very peaceful place but back then it really wasn't as a matter of fact
It had a lot of conflict and from the get-go of having this Navy. They were already fighting the Danish
It was nuts
for example
one of the first if not the first battle under this newly formed Navy was in November of that year of
1520 - and it was called the Battle of San hand slapping
also
I should point out one of the first Admirals of this new fleet was admiral Jacob bag who was surprisingly a
Norwegian that sympathized with these Swedes and therefore fought for them as for Admiral Jacob bag he was considered one of Sweden's most
Experienced Admirals and it was him and his fleet that took part in the Battle of Bornholm
Which was the first battle of the northern seven-year war which went from 1563 to?
1570 in which during that battle Sweden had claimed a victory
By attacking the ten Danish ships with its 19 ships
also
Some of you guys you might be either
Enthusiasts or you just may know some common knowledge and you may think that the Vasa
Was one of the biggest ships back in the day
Well, actually it wasn't the Vasa which indeed was a very large ship and one of Sweden's largest
was launched in
1627 and in 1628, however in 1961, it was recovered and nowadays. It's a museum
So that's what makes it very popular, but that wasn't the biggest ship
As a matter of fact there was one that was even larger and that was the warship known as Mars
Nothing about the planet as a matter of fact, it's a very small planet. They should have just called it Earth because you know,
You get it size difference. Yay
Everybody knows astronomy or astrology. I forget which one it is now
this was the lead ship of Eric the fourteenth of
Sweden's fleet and it had at least a hundred and seven guns and was over 200 feet in length
And this was one of the largest ships in the entire world of its time
Sweden had some good stuff going for it and just like the Vasa this ship. Unfortunately had a very short life entering in service in
1564 but sank that same year after it caught a fire during the Battle of Orland so the Battle of Orland also
I've got to mention the fact now this I don't know if it's a hundred percent true. Keep in mind guys. This is history
I'm talking about this is way back then and I don't know if it's a hundred percent true
but apparently it was the first time in history that
Averill's used cannons to sink other ships instead of boarding them again
I don't know if that's true or not. If there's others feel free to let me know down there comments section below
I'm okay with being wrong
Mister bit of an update in regards to the ship known as Mars in
2011 her wreck was discovered and in
2018 it was confirmed that this ship was in fact the Mars as
They found coins that were minted with Erics seal that were prior to
1563 okay. Let's fast-forward a little bit more. Let's go to
1763 okay during this time Sweden had created what is very well known as the
archipelago fleet and this fleet existed until about
1823 and during the end of the 1700s
They had a fleet size of 285 ships that were armored on top of that. They had an estimation of 320 officers
675 NCOs and approximately 6,000 sailors
This fleet was also identified
With the blue flag with 3 tails on the end and it was present during the Wars of the 7 year war the Russia
Swedish war the Finnish war and the sweet Norwegian
And within this fleet there was the Hema class
Ship which was considered the largest most heavily armed vessel of the entire fleet and throughout their entire forces
They had about six of these however by 1814 things kind of came to an end when it came to the Swedish military
Being an offensive military it was because of this year after its campaign against Norway
It entered a union with the country and after that Sweden had reflected on its history of combat, and it's almost
200 year old war with Denmark and decided that the country was no longer going to fuel war and remained fairly neutral
So let's fast forward just a little bit more
Let's go into the 1900s because we all know the 1900s was whoa crazy time for Europe
I mean you had World War one yet World War two. Yeah the Cold War and all that stuff
The question is did Sweden fight. Did the Navy even do anything?
So during World War one Sweden actually had a lot of naval defence ships
As a matter of fact its Navy was considered the best in Scandinavia
And it was not far behind countries like Spain and even the Netherlands also
Did you know that Thorsten Nordenfelt was a Swedish submarine maker and his ship the Nordenfelt one?
Which was bought by the ottomans and renamed abdul hameed was the first submarine to fire a live torpedo underwater
So there you have it guys. Boom Sweden just takes another strike edges because they're neutral doesn't mean they can't contribute to the world
Mm-hmm to jump back to world war one and most of the Navy was not just ships
But they also had many forts and guns that were put under the naval
departments at the beginning of World War one Sweden had 12 battleships
seven cruisers eight destroyers eight
Submersibles 49 torpedo boats eight coastal monitors and much more and throughout the war
Sweden was pretty much keeping a monitor on its own defense and
As well defending merchant ships that were going through the channels by the Second World War
However, Sweden had approximately 97 warships and of this 16 were also classified as submarines
Unfortunately during the Second World War most of the technology and the ships of Sweden were over ten years old
So they were a little bit outdated
Similar to the first world war they acted as protection against Russian and other forces in the Baltic Sea
And it said that Sweden escorted a total of 10,000 340 ships in
1942 alone as well
Let's not forget about the famous disaster known as the hearts fiat and disaster in which three destroyers were sunk and 33 sailors were killed
This was actually considered the worst naval accident in all of Sweden throughout the Second World War and still to this day
They have no friggin idea how it happened
As a matter of fact just a random explosion went off and they still don't know what caused it
There's some theories some people say there was sabotage. Some people say a plane that was training accidentally dropped a bomb
But other than that guys they don't really know
I mean
Let's get those
Investigators on it right now on top of that during the first and second world war Sweden didn't just act as protection as a matter
Of fact, they laid a lot of mines within the Baltic Sea as a matter of fact during the defense of Finland
They say that there was approximately 300 naval mines and 500 depth charges
That's Sweden provided and by the end of the Second World War. It was estimated that Sweden lost approximately
1,500 sailors, and although Sweden was heavily influenced by Nazi, Germany
They did make efforts to help the Allied forces and with that they say during World War 2 Sweden least approximately
8,000 sailors or seamen?
To Britain and of course after world war ii sweden decided it really needed to up its defence budget and get newer
crafts and vehicles and all that sort of stuff
And from there on there was the Cold War which Sweden again was on the defensive and keeping an eye on things in the Baltic
and its own defence as a matter of fact the Swedish Navy did not partake in any international operations until October of
2006 when they sent two ships at separate times for coastal observations in the
peacekeeping missions in Lebanon and shortly after that in 2008
It assisted the United Nations in the movement to stop piracy in Somalia by sending three ships to the South of the Gulf of Aden
however again
2008 was years ago. I mean that's like ten years ago. So what's it like now?
Well in today's world they have approximately five submarines
however, the to solder manland classes submarines that they currently have are going to be real play - by
2022 by a ship that has the codename a 26 on top of that you have the three Gotland class submarines
Which were the first to have the world-famous Stirling engine air-independent propulsion?
Which makes this submarine capable of staying?
Underwater for not just days but weeks prior to that the only type of submarine that could do that was a nuclear class
Actually, by the way, you might be thinking. Oh, yeah, they're electric diesel. They're been outdated
Well, that's not the case at all
as a matter of fact
They're superior in many ways because it was only a few years ago that the United States invited
Sweden to a war game with their submarines and the real purpose of this war game was to discover how
Effective they were at hunting down electric diesel engines
pretty much they found out that they weren't good at it all because the Swedish submarine managed to take several photos of the ship which
Basically meant they could have got a torpedo strike on it and therefore sunk the ship but getting back to its inventory
They currently have seven Corvettes that are in use. They also have nine minesweepers 13 patrol boats and
150 to combat boats which a hundred and forty-seven of these are these drill boat 90s
Which are very common boat in Scandinavia as for the size of this Navy. It is really hard to say
There is no official number that has been released yet
however, all these sailors are under the command of Rear Admiral Jen's nyqvist since
2016 and they currently have three main bases being in Berga Gothenburg and Karlskrona, but that's it guys
That's me looking at the Swedish Navy
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