There have always been many ships in the service of the state and our communities. Piloting services can be traced back to the 1500s, the first duty quest was put into service in 1640 and the first Swedish icebreaker came 1883rdFyrskeppen was also the state owned and the first was published in Falsterborev already in 1831, and in total, we had all 37 lightship in service around the Swedish coast. On Statsfartyg.se we present the state ship you always wanted to know more about such customs cruisers, pilot boats , lightships, sjömätare, icebreakers, police boats, coastguard vessels and fire defense boats. Here is information on where and when the ships were built, where they were stationed, when they retired, and what happened to them after completion of service.