Western Military District, originally III Military District was a Swedish military district, a command of the Swedish Armed Forces that had operational control over Western Sweden, for most time of its existence corresponding to the area covered by the counties of Gothenburg and Bohus, Älvsborg, Skaraborg and Halland. The headquarters of Milo V were located in Skövde.
The Hajen class was a submarine class built by Kockums and used by the Swedish Navy. The design was influenced by the German Type XXI submarine class. A total of 6 submarines were built in 1954-1958 and were kept in service until 1980.
3rd Naval Warfare Flotilla of the Swedish Fleet was founded in 2005 when the former minelayer and surface flotillas joined together. The flotilla's home base is in Karlskrona, Blekinge and is a part of the Karlskrona naval base. The flotilla mostly deploy ships in international missions today.
Admiral Åke Fredrik Lindemalm was a Swedish Navy officer. He was Acting Chief of the Naval Staff from 1960 to 1961 and Chief of the Navy from 1961 to 1970.
HSwMS Wale (3) was a destroyer of the Swedish Navy. Wale was built by Kockums Shipyard and launched on September 21, 1907 and delivered to the fleet on 11 April 1908. The vessel was based on the two former British-built destroyers HSwMS Mode and HSwMS Magne. Wale was the first destroyer to be built in Sweden and was influential in the development of the destroyers in that nation. After Wale, in the years 1907–1911, another five destroyers followed with essentially the same design. These were two ships of the Hugin class and three ships of the Ragnar class. Wale was decommissioned on 18 November 1940. She was sunk as a target outside Fårösund by the Swedish Coastal Artillery and the HSwMS Sundsvall on 26 September 1946.
Rear Admiral Bengt Göran Rasin, né Larsson was a Swedish Navy officer. His senior commands include chief of the Coastal Fleet, commanding officer of the West Coast Military Command and commanding officer of the Western Military District. Rasin also served as chairman of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences.
Rear Admiral Knut Mauritz "Moje" Östberg was a Swedish Navy officer. Östberg's senior commands include postings as captain of the coastal defence ships HSwMS Dristigheten and HSwMS Manligheten as well as captain of the seaplane cruiser HSwMS Gotland. He also served as commanding officer of the West Coast Naval District as well as naval attaché in Berlin, Washington, D.C. and Ottawa.
Captain Nils Harry Martin Bong was a Swedish Navy officer. Bong served as commanding officers of the torpedo boat HSwMS Antares, the cruisers HSwMS Örnen and HSwMS Tre Kronor, and the coastal defence ship HSwMS Oscar II. He also served as commanding officer of the Gothenburg Squadron and of the Karlskrona Naval Training Schools.
HSwMS Draken (Dk), Sw. meaning dragon, was the lead boat of the Draken-class submarine of the Swedish Navy.
HSwMS Gripen (Gr), was the second boat of the Draken-class submarine of the Swedish Navy.
HSwMS Vargen (Vg), Sw. meaning dragon, was the second boat of the Draken-class submarine of the Swedish Navy.
HSwMS Delfinen (De), was the fourth boat of the Draken-class submarine of the Swedish Navy.
HSwMS Nordkaparen (Nor), was the fifth boat of the Draken-class submarine of the Swedish Navy.
HSwMS Springaren (Sp), was the sixth boat of the Draken-class submarine of the Swedish Navy.
HSwMS Hajen (Hj), was the lead boat of the Hajen-class submarine of the Swedish Navy.
HSwMS Sälen (Sä), was the second Hajen-class submarine of the Swedish Navy.
HSwMS Illern (In), was the fourth Hajen-class submarine of the Swedish Navy.
HSwMS Bävern (Bä), was the fifth Hajen-class submarine of the Swedish Navy.
HSwMS Uttern (Ut), was the sixth Hajen-class submarine of the Swedish Navy.
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