HSwMS Najaden (1897)
Swedish Navy training ship
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HSwMS Najaden is a Swedish Navy training ship launched in 1897, previously preserved as a museum ship in Halmstad and moored on the river Nissan by Halmstad Castle, since July 2014 in Fredrikstad, Norway.
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| History | |
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| Name | Najaden |
| Launched | 11 February 1897 |
| Decommissioned | 1938 |
| Status | Museum ship |
| Notes | Sister ship of HMS Jarramas |
| General characteristics | |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
The three-masted, wooden hulled sailing ship was constructed at the Royal Naval Shipyard in Karlskrona in 1897 and served in the Swedish Navy as a sail training ship until 1938.[1]
In 1946 she was taken over by the city of Halmstad and completely restored. She now serves as a museum ship and is in the care of the Association of the Friends of Najaden (Föreningen Najadens Vänner).[2]
Najaden passed into Norwegian ownership on Friday, 4 July 2014. A brief ceremony led by the city council's chairman, Conservative Ann-Charlotte Westlund was held in front of Najaden in central Halmstad.[3] At that time, about 200 protesters demonstrated against the sale of the ship to Norway.
On Saturday, 5 July 2014, Najaden was towed from Halmstad to its new home port in Fredrikstad, Norway.[4] The sail training ship af Chapman was a contemporary of Najaden in Swedish Navy service.
