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SVENKSUND gunboat (1891)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Svenksund         30.9.1891 1891 stricken 1942

Displacement normal, t

280

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

38.5

Breadth, m

7.90

Draught, m

3.00

No of shafts

 

Machinery

 

Power, h. p.

440

Max speed, kts

12.5

Fuel, t

 
Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

2 x 1 - 57/50 K/55 M1889, mines

Complement

 

Project history: Svenksund can also be used as minelayer, icebreaker and torpedo depot ship.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: no significant events.

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