No, they are still searching in Swedish waters, but they are moving towards the open sea now, and the focus seems to be there rather than in the archipelago. One of the corvettes have been seen moving towards Landsortsdjupet which is the deepest part of the Baltic Sea at 456 meters.

"The indications they [Swedish Navy] have motivate the operation." Swedish Defence Minister in an interview. Also, media reporting about "some sort of contact in Ingarö fjord". But media have been reporting all kinds of keck to be honest.

Live images show HMS Kullen (I think) lowering something looking like a yellow underwater drone into the water just off Inagrö. Safety zone 1000m.

No details regarding the source of the claim of contact, but media reports that a ship involved in the search has said it has made contact. Could be a misunderstanding, and it is not confirmed.

Sorry, it was not HMS Kullen. Looks like M74, a minesweeper.

Would be nice if you could specify the vessel class and geographical location, as quick google doesn't tell me much :(

Here is Ingarö:

https://www.google.se/maps/place/Ing...00fef43420dc20

The pin shows the island itself, not really sure exactly where in the fjord they are looking though.

I think it was the minesweeper M74. HMS Stockholm (corvette) is also nearby I think.

I'm stupid. M74 IS Hms Kullen. My bad.

https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Kullen_(M74)

So Landsort class? Looks like, well a mine sweeper, so not very good against subs.

Thanks for the links :)

Something has happened. At first they wanted to scale back, but now they ramped up instead.

New claims in the media. A Swedish vessel collided with a transmitter, allegedly Russian, last week. This incident started the whole chase. Last week reports were claiming that a navy boat (a Stridsbåt 90) collided with a light buoy. This could have been the incident refered to above.

I think Kullen is now a Koster class. Koster class is the mid life upgrades the Landsort class ships got.

Anything more recent than this 6 hours old article?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...m-9805097.html

Interesting development. I'm glad they've apparently found something physical, some evidence that they are indeed hunting something.

Divers have been photographed going into the water somewhere in the archipelago. No specifics as to where. Apparently the government wanted to scale back the ops, but something happened and the Navy is still searching. Ground troops scout islands and shores. The unconfirmed tip to the media about a boat colliding with a radio transmitter of some sort has been denied by the Defence Forces. They say they only know about a collision with a light bouy (spelling?).