Swedish Navy

[ivorthediver]

Well Don , theres a question

It would seam on the face of it,...... a tad embarrassing , but things are not always what they seem are they

I often , like you I'm sure , stumble over something that does not seem logical , but then its a case of what needs to be known , and by whom , don't you think , or am I being a tad naive again

Personally I'm happier with bait on the deck , as long as its our bait..... that is ...

[designeraccd]

In addition to cruisers the Swedish Fleet had invested in Coast Defense Ships, in essence pre-dreadnoughts. Their last class consisted of 3 ships. Here is one unit as built and updated for WW2. Also sister D. VICTORIA in WW2 era + scrapping. Her 11.1" were cut off early in the scrapping process. DFO

[ivorthediver]

Looks as if the ornate bow crest has found a new home to Dennis .

So sad to see these once proud girls end up under the torch

[Brian James]

Visby Class Guided Missile Stealth Corvette HSwMS Nyköping pictured transiting Trondheim Fjord off Norway,during Exercise Trident Juncture 18,October 30th 2018.

[ivorthediver]

Thanks Brian, but don't let Dennis see this or he will be petitioning the USN to place an order and replace his "Coke Can" class of LCS

[Brian James]

Swedish Naval Cadet Training Ship,Armoured Cruiser HSwMS Fylgia pictured rendering a salute on entering Kiel Harbour on May 22nd 1928.

[ivorthediver]

A novel way of housing their anchor Brian , bit worrying , ........lets hope she avoids High Seas

[Brian James]

HSwMS Gustav V pictured at Stockholm in 1938..She was a Sverige Class Coastal Defence Ship of the Swedish Navy. The vessel was the third and last ship in the Sverige Class along with HSwMS Sverige and HSwMS Drottning Victoria. Gustav V was launched on September 15th, 1917 at Kockums Shipyards at Malmö and delivered to the Navy on January 9th, 1922. The design consisted of four 28 cm cannons and a secondary armament of eight 15.2 cm cannons. During the interwar period, the ship underwent several modernizations and was one of the most powerful vessels in the Swedish fleet during the Second World War. The ship was put in reserve in 1948, was decommissioned in 1957 and was later sold for scrapping at Karlskrona in 1970.

[designeraccd]

These 3 were ultimately each some what unique looking in details, compared to as built. All 3 units.....DFO

Specs:

"Type: Coastal defence ship
Displacement: 7,239 tonnes standard, 7,755 tonnes full load
(Sverige: 6,961 tonnes tons standard, 7,758 tons deep load)

Length: 121.6 m (399 ft)
(Sverige: 120 m (390 ft))

Beam: 18.6 m (61 ft)
Draught: 6.2 m (20 ft)
Propulsion: original 12 Yarrow type coal-fired boilers, upgraded to oil-fired boilers in the 1930s
Sverige 4-shaft direct drive turbines
Drottning Victoria and Gustav V 2-shaft geared turbines

Speed: Drottning Victoria and Gustav V 23.5 kn (43.5 km/h; 27.0 mph)
Sverige 22.5 kn (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph)

Complement: 427 (standard)
443 (as flagship)

Armament: 4 × 283 mm (11 in)/ 45 cal. guns in two twin turrets
8 × 152 mm (6 in)/ 50 cal. guns in one twin turret and six single mounts originally
6 × 75 mm (3 in)/ 50 cal. guns in single mounts
2 × 57 mm (2.2 in) guns
2 × machine guns
2 × 460 mm (18 in) fixed torpedo tubes

Armour: Main belt 200 mm (7.9 in)
Deck 45 mm (2 in)
Turrets 200 mm (8 in)
Control tower 175 mm (7 in)"

[ivorthediver]

Brilliant post Dennis many thanks for your excellent post .