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SWEDISH NAVY (SWEDEN)

ESCORTS

JÄGAREN patrol boats (1934-1936)

Jägaren 1940

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Jägaren V21, 41 299 Örlogsvarvet Karlskrona   1.12.1932 1934 stricken 1.1959
Kaparen V22, 42 300 Örlogsvarvet Karlskrona   3.3.1933 1934 stricken 1.1959
Snapphanen V23, 43 301 Örlogsvarvet Karlskrona   2.11.1934 1936 stricken 1.1959, to Guatemala 1959 (José Francisco Barrundia)
Väktaren V24, 44 302 Örlogsvarvet Karlskrona   25.4.1934 1935 stricken 1.1959

 

Displacement standard, t

250

Displacement full, t

310

Length, m

51.9

Breadth, m

6.00

Draught, m

2.80

No of shafts

2

Machinery

1 set de Laval geared steam turbines, 2 Vanson boilers

Power, h. p.

3600

Max speed, kts

23

Fuel, t

oil 50

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

2 x 1 - 75/56 K/60 M28, 2 x 1 - 25/55 K/58 M32, 2 DCT

Complement

41

Project history: Unique purpose-built patrol ships of WWII Swedish navy. Wrangel class destroyers were chosen as a starting point at designing which dimensions were significantly decreased. Order was given out in 1927.

Modernizations: none.

Naval service: no significant events.

Vöktaren 1944

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

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