Europe Destroyer
Småland, the second Halland-class destroyer, was laid down in Gothenburg at the Eriksberg shipyard in 1951, launched in October 1952, and entered service in January 1956. The commander of the Swedish Navy, Admiral Strömbek, became the "godfather" of the destroyer. He served in the same destroyer flotilla with Småland's sister ship, Halland. She was decommissioned in 1979 and stricken from the register in July 1984. In 1987, the ship was transferred to the Gothenburg Maritime Center as a museum ship, where she is still located.