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SWEDISH NAVY (SWEDEN)

TORPEDO SHIPS

MODE destroyer (1902)

Mode 1912

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Mode   1118 Yarrow, Scotstoun, UK 1901 22.7.1902 9.1902 stricken 2.1928

 

Displacement normal, t

410

Displacement full, t

453

Length, m

67.1 oa

Breadth, m

6.20

Draught, m

2.67 max

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 4 Yarrow boilers

Power, h. p.

6000

Max speed, kts

30

Fuel, t

coal 86

Endurance, nm(kts) 1575(12)

Armament

6 x 1 - 57/50 K/55 M89B, 2 x 1 - 450 TT

Complement

62

Project history: Fast destroyer, made on trials 32.85kts with 6800hp (using oil fuel sprays) but was less seaworthy than Thornycroft-built Magne. Design was developed on basis of Japanese Ikazuchi class but was adapted for northern weather conditions.

Modernizations: none.

Naval service: Mode was used as target and sunk 12.8.1936.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

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