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SWEDISH NAVY (SWEDEN)

TORPEDO SHIPS

ÖRNEN torpedo cruisers (1897-1900)

Psilander 1900

Jacob Bagge 1940

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Örnen   360 Lindholmen, Göteborg 1895 6.8.1896 5.1897 stricken 6.1947
Claes Horn     Bergsund Mekaniska Verkstads 1896 9.2.1898 8.1898 stricken 12.1923
Jacob Bagge   77 Kockums, Malmö 1896 30.4.1898 11.1898 stricken 6.1947
Psilander     Bergsund Mekaniska Verkstads 1898 25.11.1899 7.1900 stricken 7.1937
Claes Uggla     Bergsund Mekaniska Verkstads 1898 9.12.1899 11.1900 wrecked 22.6.1917

Displacement normal, t

Örnen: 844

Claes Horn: 846

Jacob Bagge: 835

Psilander: 814

Claes Uggla: 800

Displacement full, t

?

Length, m

67.7 oa

Psilander, Claes Uggla: 70.7 oa

Breadth, m

8.20

Psilander, Claes Uggla: 8.30

Draught, m

3.07 max

Psilander, Claes Uggla: 3.00

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 8 boilers

Power, h. p.

4000

Psilander, Claes Uggla: 4500

Max speed, kts

20

Fuel, t

coal 105

Endurance, nm(kts) 1200(12)

Armour, mm

deck: 19-12

Armament

2 x 1 - 120/43 K/45 M94, 4 x 1 - 57/50 K/55 M89B, 1 - 380 TT (bow)

Complement

113

Project history: Fast gunboats armed with submerged bow TT. Ships of the class outwardly a little differed each from other.

Protection:  Armour protection semblance consisted of a turtleback deck in the thickness 12-19mm.

Modernizations: 1925, Jacob Bagge: + seaplane

1935, Jacob Bagge: - seaplane

1942, both survived: - 4 x 1 - 57/50; + 2 x 2 - 25/55 K/58 M32

1945, Jacob Bagge: was armed with 1 x 1 - 20/63 K/66 M40 only.

Naval service: Örnen from 1920 used as TS, depot ship and later as cadet ship. Jacob Bagge served in 1925-1935 as seaplane tender and as cadet TS from 1936. Claes Uggla ran aground in the bay of Bothnia 22.6.1917 and sank 30.8.1917. Psilander served as TS from 1928.

Örnen 1907

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

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