Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden has supplemented her officer training by spending time in the navy.
This autumn, the Crown Princess has carried out exercises in the navy to deepen her understanding of combat at sea.
The Crown Princess trained in naval mine clearance aboard the mine clearance diving vessel HMS Spårö. Vessels like HMS Spårö are specially adapted for mine clearance and use sonar and underwater vehicles to locate and remove underwater threats.
Photo: Bezav Mahmod/The Swedish Armed Forces
Crown Princess Victoria exercised in the various roles required, starting in the role of sonar operator to identify echoes on the bottom of the sea. She then accompanied the mine sweepers in a smaller boat to defuse a mine using an explosive charge. Further training came from the Mine Clearance Division in Skredsvik. The Crown Princess learned to dive with full mine clearance equipment and also cleared a mine dressed in a mine clearance suit.
Photo: Bezav Mahmod/The Swedish Armed Forces
Aboard the Visby corvette HMS Helsingborg, Crown Princess Victoria trained in surface combat in all three dimensions – on, below and above the surface. She immersed herself in general ship duties such as acting as a lookout and practising “internal combat”, which meant caring for crew members in medical exercises, for example.
She has also completed training at the 32nd Coastal Missile Division. They are a land-based unit that contributes to the navy’s joint naval combat. She prepared robot cars for robot shots and also served as a crane operator.
Aboard HMS Gotland, the Crown Princess learned more about submarine weapons in deep Baltic Sea waters.
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