not the first one - false information (Score 1)

the first stealth ship has been designed and is sold by the french since years ; it has been sold to saudi arabia and taiwan and it's in service since 1990's. the first swedish class appeared in 2000 (june 2000) and it's built started at the same time the first french models were already serving at sea (while not yet certified for operational use at that time).

the visby is a small ship with 43 crewmen and a length of 72 meters while the french "la fayette" is 125 meters with 164 crewmen.

more information on world stealth ships :

http://www.lowobservable.com/shipwor.htm

you should also check the last improvements on submarines if you are interested in technology on naval warfare. the most interesting thing is the closed-circuit diesel engines which are the most dangerous threat to any nuclear submarine.

you see, submarines even when stopped have to keep pumps working to cool their nuclear reactor while a diesel engine can really stop and be totally silent, waiting for its nuclear prey to pass by. and since the germans have designed a fully-closed circuit diesel engine that can work for up to a WEEK below water.. it looks like the nuclear submarine is not the idea combat submarine of the future while revised and advanced diesel engines are top-notch :)

fascinating move isn't it ?