HSwMS Tirfing

Last updated September 25, 2021

Several ships of the Swedish Navy have been named HSwMS Tirfing, named after Tyrfing, a magic sword in Norse mythology:

HSwMS Tirfing (1866) was a John Ericsson-classmonitor launched in 1866 and decommissioned in 1922
HSwMS Tirfing (P166) was a Hugin-classpatrol boat launched in 1981 and sold in 2008

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