HSwMS Orion (A201)

HSwMS Orion (A201) is a signals intelligence gathering vessel in the Swedish Navy.

HSwMS Orion was first launched in 1984. She was built with extensive support from the United States National Security Agency. In November 1985 HSwMS Orion was rammed by a Soviet minesweeper, after she got too close to a Soviet naval exercise. In 1998 Orion received a false bomb threat, which was widely covered in the Swedish newspapers. The ship is manned by Swedish Navy officers and sailors, and personnel from the FRA (the Swedish National Defence Radio Establishment). HSwMS Orion belongs to the 1st Submarine division. Orion shares the hull with Fiskeriverkets vessel Argos an official fishing control vessel.

Replacement
On the 22nd. of April 2010 the government of Sweden approved the acquisition of a new ship to replace HSwMS Orion since it no longer meets current sea safety rules.