HSwMS Drottning Victoria

HSwMS Drottning Victoria under way
History
Sweden
Name: HSwMS Drottning Victoria
Builder: Götaverken, Gothenburg
Laid down: July 1915
Launched: 15 September 1917
Commissioned: 12 March 1921
Decommissioned: 22 March 1957
Fate: Scrapped 1959
General characteristics
Class and type: Sverige-class coastal defence ship
Displacement:
  • 6,842 t standard;
  • 7,663 t full load
Length:
  • 120.9 m (396 ft 8 in) waterline
  • 121.6 m (398 ft 11 in) overall
Beam: 18.63 m (61 ft 1 in)
Draught: 6.25 m (20 ft 6 in)
Propulsion:
  • 12 Yarrow boilers;
  • 2 Motala-Westinghouse geared turbines;
  • 2 three-blade propellers
  • 22,000 hp (16,000 kW)
Speed: 23.2 kn (43.0 km/h; 26.7 mph)
Range: 3,280 nmi (6,070 km; 3,770 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement: 427
Armament:
  • 4 × Bofors 283 mm gun M/1912 (2×2)
  • 8 × 152 mm/50 cal. Bofors QF M/1912 (1×2, 6×1)
  • 4 × 75 mm/53 cal. Bofors QF M/1912 (4×1)
  • 2 × 75 mm/53 cal. Bofors AA M/1915 (2×1)
  • 2 × 57 mm/21.3 cal. Bofors M/1916 (2×1)
  • 2 × 6.5 mm/92.3 cal. MG M/1914 (2×1)
  • 2 × 45 cm torpedo tubes M/1914 (2×1)
  • WWII:
  • 4 × Bofors 283 mm gun M/1912 (2×2)
  • 6 × 152 mm/50 cal. Bofors QF M/1912 (1×2, 4×1)
  • 4 × 75 mm/60 cal. Bofors AA M/1928 (2×2)
  • 6 × 40 mm/56 cal. Bofors AA M/1936 (3×2)
  • 4 × 25 mm/58 cal. Bofors AA M/1932 (2×2)
  • 3 × 20 mm/66 cal. Bofors AA M/1940 (3×1)
  • 4 × 8 mm/75.8 cal. AA MG M/1936 (2×2)
Armour:
  • Belt 200 mm (8 in)
  • Turrets 200 mm (8 in)
  • Citadel 100 mm (4 in)
  • Deck 18–28 mm (1–1 in)

HSwMS Drottning Victoria was a Sverige-class coastal defence ship (Pansarskepp) of the Swedish Navy.

Captains

  • 1921–1921 – Harald Åkermark
  • 1922–1923 – Arvid Hägg
  • 1924–1925 – Claës Lindsström
  • ????–???? – ?
  • 1931–1932 – August Giron
  • 1932–1933 – Gösta Ehrensvärd
  • ????–???? – ?
  • 1935–1936 – Göran Wahlström
  • 1936–1937 – Yngve Ekstrand
  • 1938–1940 – Alarik Wachtmeister
  • 1940–1941 – Daniel Landquist
  • 1942–1943 – Stig H:son Ericson
  • 1943–1945 – Anders Forshell
  • 1946–1947 – Erik af Klint
  • ????–???? – Johan Halvar Söderhamn
  • ????–???? – Karl Wester


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