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SWEDISH NAVY (SWEDEN)

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BALDER wooden screw corvette (1870)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Balder     Karlskronavarvet 1867 1870 1871 stricken 1901

 

Displacement normal, t

1850

Displacement full, t

1886

Length, m

61.8 wl

Breadth, m

11.1

Draught, m

5.59 max

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 HRCR

Power, h. p.

1380

Max speed, kts

12

Fuel, t

coal 270

Endurance, nm(kts) 940(10)

Armament

4 x 1 - 167/18 K/21 M1869, 2 x 1 - 162/14 30pdr KK/16.5 M1853

Complement

218

Project history: Wooden screw corvette.

Modernizations: 1880s: - 2 x 1 - 162/14; + 2 x 1 - 122/23 K/26 M1881

1890s: new armament consisted of 1 x 1 - 152/30 K/32 M1889, 8 x 1 - 122/23 K/26 M1881, 1 x 1 - 65/16 landing gun

late 1890s: + 2 x 1 - 37/34  K/37 M1898

Naval service: Since 1890s Balder served in training role.

Balder

Balder

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