The Storebro SB90E is a small craft developed by Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 yacht designer Storebro Bruks AB. It was initially developed for the Swedish Navy

Swedish Navy

The Royal Swedish Navy is the naval branch of the Swedish Armed Forces. It is composed of surface and submarine naval units – the Fleet – as well as marine units, the so-called Amphibious Corps .In Swedish, vessels of the Swedish Navy are given the prefix "HMS," short for Hans/Hennes...

, whom designated it Stridsbåt 90 E the E being for Enkel (Swedish

Swedish language

Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...

 for simple) - shortened to Strb 90 E. It was later rebranded as Storebro SRC90E for international military export and now exclusively sold as SB90E for the civilian market. Today they are used in Sweden, China

People's Republic of China

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, Lithuania

Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

, Norway

Norway

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 and Denmark

Denmark

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. Their classification is YH for ambulance boat.

They were originally intended to be used as a medical evacuation vessel and simple insertion craft for the Swedish Amphibious Corps

Swedish Amphibious Corps

Amfibiekåren is the coastal defence arm of the Swedish Navy. Until 2000 it was known as Kustartilleriet , but the name was changed to reflect its different role in a post-Cold War world, where its amphibious special operations arm, "Kustjägarna", has grown in significance while its coastal...

. 60 where ordered and 54 delivered. Today only 5 remains in Swedish military service, with the rest being scrapped, sold off or in the case of 7 vessels: Donated to Swedish civilian services Svenska Sjöräddningssällskapet

Swedish Sea Rescue Society

The Swedish Sea Rescue Society is a Swedish voluntary organisation that works with maritime search and rescue on Swedish lakes and seas. The society runs 65 lifeboat stations, with over 140 boats and over 1500 volunteer crew members...

. In most cases the duties intended for the Strb 90 E has been taken over by the Strb 90 H

Combat Boat 90

Combat Boat 90 is a class of fast military assault craft originally developed for the Swedish Navy by Dockstavarvet. In addition to the many variants in service with the Swedish Navy under the Strb 90 H designation, the CB 90 has been adopted by the navies of several countries, including Norway ,...

.

Operators

• Among the users of the SB90E is the Royal Danish Navy
  Royal Danish Navy
  The Royal Danish Navy is the sea-based branch of the Danish Defence force. The RDN is mainly responsible for maritime defence and maintaining the sovereignty of Danish, Greenlandic and Faroese territorial waters...
  
   whom operates it in two variants:
  • 4 x LCP-vessels used on the Absalon class command ship, modified with weapons-station
  • 2 x SAR-vessels used on the Knud Rasmussen class patrol vessel
    Knud Rasmussen class patrol vessel
    The Knud Rasmussen-class is a class of offshore patrol vessel operating in the Royal Danish Navy from 2008. Built to replace the Agdlek-class patrol cutters on a one-by-one basis, the Knud Rasmussen vessels are significantly larger, enabling patrols further offshore.The ships' normal tasks include...
    
    , modified with ice-reinforcement and upgraded engines

Specifications

• Length: 10.8m
• Beam: 2.90m
• Draft: 0.7m
• Displacement: 7.2t
• Range: Approx. 200 nm
• Max. speed: Approx. 42 knots