Ragnar-class destroyer

HSwMS Ragnar at sea
Class overview
Builders: Kockums Shipyard
Operators:  Swedish Navy
Preceded by: Wale
Succeeded by: Hugin class
In commission: 1908–1947
Completed: 3
Retired: 3
General characteristics
Type: Destroyer
Displacement: 350 / 416 tons
Length: 66.1 m (216 ft 10 in)
Beam: 6.3 m (20 ft 8 in)
Draft: 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Installed power: 7,200 ihp (5,400 kW)
Propulsion: 4-cylinder triple expansion engine
Speed: 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range: 1,400 nmi (2,600 km; 1,600 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement: 69
Armament:
  • Design
  • 4 × 75 mm (3 in)/53 cal. M/05-10 (4×1)
  • 2 × 457 mm (18 in) M/02-04 torpedo tubes

The Ragnar class was a class of three destroyers built for the Royal Swedish Navy before World War I. The class consisted of HSwMS Ragnar, HSwMS Sigurd, and HSwMS Vidar. The lead ship, Ragnar, was launched May 30, 1908. The design was based on the earlier destroyer Wale. The Ragnar class led a relatively quiet service life performing routine missions such as escorts and exercises between their commissioning before World War I and their decommissioning shortly after World War II.

References

Printed sources

  • Borgenstam, Curt; Insulander, Per; Kaudern, Gösta (1989), Jagare : med svenska flottans jagare under 80 år (2:a ed.), Karlskrona: Västra Frölunda CB Marinlitteratur, ISBN 91-970700-41
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