Swedish Navy

[Brian James]

King Oscar II pays a visit to Lead Ship, Coastal Defense Ship HSwMS Oden in 1899.

[Pelican]

Swedish Navy corvette HMS Gävle (K22) in Muskö naval base.

[ivorthediver]

About time we got our act together and circumvented all this bilge being floated by Turkey and welcomed Sweden with open arms recognising the value it brings to the current dispute and despite their delaying opposition question just who's interests they are maintaining here ?

[Brian James]

Tre Kronor Class Light Cruiser, HSwMS Göta Lejon pictured loading mines from the underground storage facility at Bergrum in 1948.

[Brian James]

Armoured Cruiser HSwMS Fylgia.

[Brian James]

Lead Ship, Coastal Defense Ship HSwMS Sverige pictured at Oslo in 1946.

[Brian James]

The original Bergsund & Lindberg of Stockholm Shipbuilder's blueprint for Lead Ship, Monitor HSwMS Hildur dated 1873. One of seven in the Class, the Hildurs had a pair of two-cylinder horizontal-return connecting-rod steam engines, each driving a single propeller using steam from two cylindrical boilers. The engines produced a total of 133 indicated horsepower in the first two ships and 155 ihp in the later ones which gave the Monitors a maximum speed of 8 knots. The ships carried 23–25 metric tons (23–25 long tons) of coal.
The Monitors were equipped with one 9.4 inch M/69 rifled breech loader, mounted in a long, fixed, oval-shaped gun turret. The gun weighed 32,340 lb and fired projectiles at a muzzle velocity of 397 m/s (1,300 ft/s). At its maximum elevation of 7.5° it had a range of 3,800 yds). Most of the ships of the Hildur Class had a complete waterline armour belt of wrought iron that was 3 inches thick with 0.7 inch deck armour. Hildur was sold and converted into an oil barge in 1919.

[Brian James]

Plejad Class, 1st Class Torpedo Boats, HSwMS Altair (45) and HSwMS Antares (43) , pictured c1910.

[Brian James]

Komet Class, 1st Class Torpedo Boat HSwMS Orion pictured c1905.

[Brian James]

Coastal Defence Ship HSwMS Oscar II pictured on entry to HMNB Portsmouth on March 14th 1935.