Hildur-class monitor

Model of Hildur, the lead ship of the class
Class overview
Operators:  Swedish Navy
Preceded by: John Ericsson class
Completed: 7
Active: 0
General characteristics

The Hildur-class monitors were a group of seven monitors built by the Swedish Navy.

Design

General

Berserk and Ulf both had signal towers, presumably gained when the two were refitted in 1897-1898.[1]

Propulsion

All of the monitors of the Hildur class had two propellers.[1]

Armament

All of the Hildur class monitors had one turret.[1]

Construction

Ship Builder Launched Reconstructed Fate
HSwMS Sölve Motala Verkstad, Norrköping 1875[1] Never Stricken 1919[2]
HSwMS Folke 1875[1] Never Stricken 1919[2]
HSwMS Berserk 1 January, 1874[3] 1897-1898[1] Stricken 1919[2]
HSwMS Björn 1876[1] Never Stricken 1922[2]
HSwMS Ulf 1873[1] 1897-1898[1] Stricken 1919[2]
HSwMS Gerda 1873[1] Never
HSwMS Hildur 1872[1] Never

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Clowes, Sir William Laird (1900). The Naval Pocket-book, Volume 5. W. Thacker & Company. p. 552.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Berserk small monitors (1873-1875) - Swedish Navy (Sweden)". www.navypedia.org. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "HSWMS Berserk". Retrieved 13 November 2016.
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