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SWEDISH NAVY (SWEDEN)

OTHER FIGHTING SHIPS

SKÖLD small monitors (1871-1872)

Sköld 1871

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Sköld     Bergsunds varv   11.11.1868 2.1871 stricken 2.1906
Fenris     Bergsunds varv   18.6.1871 6.1872 stricken 7.1903

 

Displacement normal, t

249

Displacement full, t

262

Length, m

31.9 pp 32.7 oa

Breadth, m

6.90

Draught, m

2.20 mean 2.40 max

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 HC, boilers + manual propelling

Power, h. p.

17

Max speed, kts

3.7

Fuel, t

coal 5

Endurance, nm(kts)  
Armour, mm iron; side: 25, turret: 229

Armament

1 x 1 - 240/16 K/19 M1869

Complement

42

Project history: Monitors for the outer defence of the archipelagos.

Modernizations: 1880s: + 2 x 1 - 12.75

Naval service: no significant events.

© Ivan Gogin, 2014