Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Urd | 16 | Kockums, Malmö | 8.1875 | 5.7.1877 | 10.1877 | collision 22.8.1913 | |
Verdande (ex-Verdandi) | 258 | Örlogsvarvet Karlskrona | 4.1876 | 19.10.1878 | 5.1880 | TS 1901, hospital ship 1909 | |
Skagul | Bergsund, Stockholm | 8.1877 | 12.8.1878 | 12.1878 | depot ship 1923 | ||
Skuld | 259 | Örlogsvarvet Karlskrona | 4.10.1879 | 9.1881 | TS 1904, submarine depot ship 1916 | ||
Skäggald | Bergsund, Stockholm | 7.12.1878 | 5.1879 | submarine depot ship 1910 | |||
Rota | Bergsund, Stockholm | 3.7.1878 | 10.1878 | surveying vessel 1906, minelayer 1918, stricken 2.1928 |
Displacement normal, t |
533 |
Displacement full, t |
550 |
Length, m |
53.6 |
Breadth, m |
8.05 |
Draught, m |
2.82 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 HC, boilers |
Power, h. p. |
780 |
Max speed, kts |
13.4 |
Fuel, t |
coal 80 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | |
Armament |
1 x 1 - 274/17 K/20 M1876, 1 x 1 - 122/20 K/22 M1873, 2 x 1 - 25/32 K/35 M1877 |
Complement |
72 |
Project history: Coast defence gunboats, improvement of Blenda class.
Modernizations: 1880s, all: - 1 x 1 - 122/20; + 1 x 1 - 122/23 K/26 M1881
1894, Urd; 1896, Skagul; 1906, Skäggald: armoured CT with 51mm sides was fitted; - 1 x 1 - 274/17, 1 x 1 - 122/23, 2 x 1 - 25/32; + 1 x 1 - 152/30 K/32 M1889, 1 x 1 - 120/43 K/45 M1894, 2 x 1 - 57/50 K/55 M1889
1896, Rota: + 2 x 1 - 57/50 K/55 M1889
1906, Rota: disarmed
1907, Skuld: - 1 x 1 - 274/17, 1 x 1 - 122/23, 2 x 1 - 25/32; + 1 x 1 - 120/43 K/45 M94, 2 x 1 - 8.80
1918, Rota: + 1 x 1 - 57/18 K/21 M16, mines
Naval service: Urd was accidentally rammed by coastal battleship Oden in the Sound 22.8.1913.
Skagul
Skäggald
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
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