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SWEDISH NAVY (SWEDEN)

OTHER FIGHTING SHIPS

BLENDA gunboats (1875-1877)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Blenda   241 Lindholmen, Göteborg   16.10.1874 5.1875 repair ship 1906
Disa   256 Örlogsvarvet Karlskrona   21.4.1877 8.1877 depot ship 1912, minelayer 1918, stricken 6.1925

 

Displacement normal, t

496

Displacement full, t

550

Length, m

51.1

Breadth, m

8.05

Draught, m

3.00

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 HC, boilers

Power, h. p.

590

Max speed, kts

11.5

Fuel, t

coal 98

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 274/17 K/20 M1876, 1 x 1 - 122/20 K/22 M1873

Complement

71

Project history: Coast defence gunboats.

Modernizations: 1880s, both: - 1 x 1 - 122/20; + 1 x 1 - 122/23 K/26 M1881

1892, Disa: armoured CT with 51mm sides was fitted; - 1 x 1 - 274/17, 1 x 1 - 122/23; + 1 x 1 - 152/25 K/28 M1883, 2 x 1 - 57/50 K/55 M1889

1918, Disa: + mines

Naval service: no significant events.

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

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