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SWEDISH NAVY (SWEDEN)

OTHER FIGHTING SHIPS

GERDA small monitors (1872)

similar Sköld 1871

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Gerda     Lindberg, Stockholm   1.9.1871 6.1872 stricken 8.1922
Hildur     Lindberg, Stockholm   14.7.1871 5.1872 stricken 1919

 

Displacement normal, t

454

Displacement full, t

459

Length, m

32.3 pp 39.7 oa

Breadth, m

6.80 wl 8.00 max

Draught, m

2.50 normal 2.70 max

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 HC, boilers

Power, h. p.

133

Max speed, kts

7.6

Fuel, t

coal 19

Endurance, nm(kts)  
Armour, mm iron; belt: 76-64, turret: 418-356

Armament

1 x 1 - 240/18 K/21 M69

Complement

42

Project history: Monitors for the outer defence of the archipelagos, enlarged variant of Fenris and Sköld.

Modernizations: 1887, both: + 2 x 1 - 25/32 K/35 M84

1908-1910, both: CT with 254mm sides was added; - 1 x 1 - 240/18; + 1 x 1 - 120/44 K/45 M94

Naval service: no significant events.

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