The Svea class was a class of coastal defence ship

Coastal defence ship

Coastal defence ships were warships built for the purpose of coastal defence, mostly during the period from 1860 to 1920. They were small, often cruiser-sized warships that sacrificed speed and range for armour and armament...

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Swedish Navy

The Royal Swedish Navy is the naval branch of the Swedish Armed Forces. It is composed of surface and submarine naval units – the Fleet – as well as marine units, the so-called Amphibious Corps .In Swedish, vessels of the Swedish Navy are given the prefix "HMS," short for Hans/Hennes...

. The class comprised Svea, Göta and Thule.

Dimensions and machinery

The ships of the class were 75.7 metre long, had a draught of 5.18 metre, and had a displacement of 3,200 ton. The ships were equipped with reciprocating engine

Reciprocating engine

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s, which were rated at 4700 ihp and produced a top speed of 16 kn (31.4 km/h).

Armour

The ships had belt armour of 11.5 in (29.2 cm) and 11.5 in (29.2 cm) turret armour.

Armament

The main armament of the ships was a 10 in (25.4 cm) single turret guns. Secondary armament included four single 6 in (15.2 cm) guns and six 5.7 cm (2.2 in) single guns.

Construction

Svea was laid down at the Lindholmen At Goteborg and launched in 1886. Göta and Thule were both laid down at Norkoping shipyard and where launched in 1891 and 1893.

External links

• Description of class