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HSwMS ''Gotland'' (Gtd) is an attack submarine of the Swedish Navy. It was the first ship of the , which was the first operational submarine class in the world to use air-independent propulsion in the form of Stirling engines which use liquid oxygen and diesel as the propellant. It was built by Kockums, launched in 1995 and subsequently commissioned in 1996. In 2015, Sweden's Defense Material Administration (FMV) signed a contract with Saab Kockums which included a mid-life upgrade of two members of the ''Gotland'' class, ''Gotland'' and ''Halland'', for SEK 2.1 million. ''Gotland'' is to expected return to the FMV in late 2018 following a series of platform and combat systems upgrades. == Lease to the United States Navy == In 2004, the Swedish government received a request from the United States of America to lease ''Gotland'' – Swedish-flagged, commanded and manned, for a duration one year for use in anti-submarine warfare exercises. The Swedish government granted this request in October 2004, with both navies signing a memorandum of understanding on 21 March 2005.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=Deagel )〕 ''Gotland'' was loaded on board the Norwegian semi-submersible heavy lift ship, MV ''Eide Transporter'', on 10 May 2005, for a month-long voyage over the Atlantic Ocean and through the Panama Canal to Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego, California, where it arrived on 27 June 2005. After a couple weeks of getting accustomed to the new environment, the exercises with United States 3rd Fleet began on 18 July 2005. The lease was extended for another 12 months in 2006. ''Gotland'' managed to penetrate the defensive measures of Carrier Strike Group Seven undetected and snap several pictures of during the December pre-deployment Joint Task Force Exercise 06-2 (JTFEX 06-2) in the Pacific Ocean (probably in the California Operating Areas), effectively "sinking" the aircraft carrier. The exercise was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the US Fleet against modern diesel-electric submarines, which some have noted as severely lacking.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=The Nav Log )〕 In July 2007, ''Gotland'' departed San Diego for Sweden.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=Naval Technology )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HSwMS Gotland (1995)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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