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SWEDISH NAVY (SWEDEN)

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WALE destroyer (1908)

Wale 1916

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Wale 3 92 Kockums, Malmö 1906 21.9.1907 4.1908 stricken 10.1940

 

Displacement standard, t

430

Displacement full, t

461

Length, m

65.8 wl 66.1 oa

Breadth, m

6.30

Draught, m

1.80 mean 2.80 max

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 4 Yarrow boilers

Power, h. p.

7665

Max speed, kts

30

Fuel, t

coal 84

Endurance, nm(kts) 1400(12)

Armament

2 x 1 - 75/49 K/50 M05, 4 x 1 - 57/50 K/55 M89B, 2 x 1 - 450 TT

Complement

54

Project history: Design of Wale class destroyers represented almost exact copy of destroyer Magne, built in 1905 by Thornycroft. More strong armament consisted of two 75mm and four 57mm (instead of six 57mm) guns became unique difference from a prototype.

Modernizations: 1916: - 2 x 1 - 450 TT; + 2 x 2 - 450 TT.

Naval service: No significant events.

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

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