HMS Clas Fleming

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HMS Clas Fleming

HMS Clas Fleming

Career Swedish Navy Ensign
Constructor Finnboda, Stockholm
Launched: 1910
Commissioned: May 1914
Struck: Jan 1959
Fate:
General Characteristics
Displacement: 1,640 tons
Length: 290 ft
Width: 35 ft
Draft: 14.5 ft
Armament: 4×5 in (4x1), 3×40 mm A.A. guns, 200 mines
Propulsion: DeLaval geared gas turbines, 2 screws, 7,200 shp = 20 knots
Range:
Complement: 160

The HMS Clas Fleming, also known as the Rhenania RH-92, was a ship used by Sweden from World War I until the Cold War. It was named after one of the admirals named Clas Fleming.

Statistics:

  • Class: ClasFleming - 1 ship of 1910
  • Displacement: 1,640 tons
  • Dimensions: 290 x 35 x 14.5 ft
  • Machinery: DeLaval geared gas turbines, 2 screws, 7,200 shp = 20 knots
  • Armor: Side belt 1 in, turrets 1½-3 in., deck 1 in, C.T. 1½-3 in
  • Armament: 4-5 in (4x1), 3-40 mm A.A. guns
  • Mines: 200
  • Complement: 160
  • Builder: Finnboda, Stockholm, Sweden
  • Laid Down:
  • Launched: Dec 1912
  • Commissioned: May 1914
  • Decommissioned: Jan 1959

Service: Rebuilt with new engines and armament 1939-40.


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