HSwMS Mode (29)

HSwMS Mode
History
 Swedish Navy
Name: Mode
Builder: Götaverken, Gothenburg
Laid down: September 1941
Launched: 11 April 1942
Commissioned: 12 November 1942
Decommissioned: 1 July 1970
Fate: Scrapped 1978
General characteristics
Class and type: Mode class destroyer (1942-1953) or frigate (1953-1970)
Displacement:
  • - 960 t (945 long tons; 1,058 short tons), full load
  • - 750 t (740 long tons; 830 short tons), standard displacement
Length: 256 ft (78 m)
Beam: 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m)
Draught: 9 ft (2.7 m)
Propulsion: 2 oil fired boilers, 2 de Laval steam turbines, 16,000 shp (12 MW), 2 screws
Speed: 30 knots (35 mph; 56 km/h)
Range: 1,200 nmi (2,200 km) at 20 kn (23 mph; 37 km/h)
Complement: 100
Armament:
  • 3 × 105 mm Bofors K/50 M/42 DP guns (3×1)
  • 2 × 40 mm Bofors guns K/60 M/36 (2×1)
  • 2 × 20 mm Bofors K/66 M/40 (2×1)
  • 3 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (1×3)

HSwMS Mode was a coastal destroyer of the Royal Swedish Navy, built by Götaverken and launched on 11 April 1942 as the lead of the four ship Mode class. Originally given the pennant number 29, the ship was reclassified a frigate in 1953 with the pennant number 73.

Design

Mode was based on the design the Spica class.[1] The vessel was small and designed for coastal operation, displacing 750 tonnes (740 long tons; 830 short tons) standard and 960 tonnes (940 long tons; 1,060 short tons) full load.[2] The machinery consisted of two Penhoët A oil-fired boilers, which supplied steam to two de Laval steam turbines, each driving its own propeller, providing a top speed of 30 knots (35 mph; 56 km/h).

Armament

The main armament consisted of three 10.5 cm (4.1 in) guns produced by Bofors. These were placed in separate mounts, one on the fore deck, one on the aft deck and one on the aft superstructure. Air defence consisted of two 40 mm (1.6 in) and two 20 mm (0.79 in) anti-aircraft guns, also provided by Bofors. Three torpedo tubes for 53 cm (21 in) torpedoes were triple mounted aft of the superstructure and two depth charge throwers were mounted further towards the stern. 42 mines could also be carried for minelaying.

Service

Mode was launched on 11 April 1942 and delivered to the Navy on 8 October the same year, serving with the Coastal Fleet through World War II.[3]

In 1947 Mode accompanied Gotland and Munin on a trip to France and Britain. The fleet visited Le Havre, Lyme Bay, Torquay, Glasgow and Oban.[4]

Mode in 1959 after conversion

Modernisation

Mode was modernised in 1953 and re-rated as a frigate.[5] One of the 105 mm (4.1 in) main guns was removed, along with the triple 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tube. A single Squid depth charge launcher was fitted to improve anti-submarine capabilities and the 40 mm (1.6 in) guns were upgraded.

Disposal

Mode was decommissioned on 1 July 1970 and was used as training vessel until 1978 when the she was scrapped at Ystad.

References

  1. ↑ Borgenstam, Curt; Insulander, Per; Kaudern, Gösta (1989). Jagare: med Svenska flottans jagare under 80 år (in Swedish). Västra Frölunda: Marinlitteratur. p. 66. ISBN 91-970700-4-1. LIBRIS 7792227.
  2. ↑ Gardiner, Robert; Chesneau, Roger, eds. (1980). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Conway Maritime Press. p. 152. ISBN 0851771467.
  3. ↑ Lagvall, Bertil (1991). Flottans neutralitetsvakt 1939-1945: krönika. Marinlitteraturföreningen, 0348-2405 ; 71 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Marinlitteraturfören. ISBN 91-85944-05-X. LIBRIS 7753511.
  4. ↑ "Långresor och utlandsbesök med svenska örlogsfartyg mellan 1837 och 2005". www.flottansman.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 7 June 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
  5. ↑ Palmsteirna, C. (31 March 1972). "Swedish Torpedo Boats & Destroyers: Part II - Destroyers". Warship International. Vol. IX no. 1. pp. 59–77.


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