HMS Orion (A201)
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HMS Orion (A201) is a signals intelligence gathering vessel in the Swedish Navy.
HMS Orion was first launched in 1984. She was built with extensive support from the United States National Security Agency. In November 1985 HMS 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 conscripts, Swedish Royal Navy officers and personnel from the FRA (the Swedish National Defence Radio Establishment. HMS Orion belongs to the 1st Submarine division.
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