HMS Tre Kronor
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 HMS Tre Kronor |
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| Career |  |
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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | |
| Launched: | December 16, 1944 |
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| Decommissioned: | |
| Fate: | |
| Struck: | January 1, 1964 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 7,400 tons |
| Length: | 181.96 metres |
| Beam: | 16.45 metres |
| Draft: | 5.9 metres |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 33 knots (61 km/h) |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 618 |
| Armament: | Originally 7 × 6 in, 20 × 40 mm, 9 × 20 mm guns, 6 torpedoes; Changed in 1950 to 7 × 6 in, 21 × 40 mm, 6 × 40 mm guns, 6 torpedoes |
| Motto: | För Sveriges frihet (For the freedom of Sweden) |
HMS Tre Kronor was built during the Second World War. In the beginning of the war most of the ships in the Royal Swedish Navy were quite old and the navy was in need of new ships. In 1940 the government decided that two cruisers were to be built. A political debate broke out about the cruisers and work could not start until 1943. The ship was to be built in Götaverken in Gothenburg.
The turrets used on HMS Tre Kronor were built by Bofors and were originally ordered by the Dutch navy to be fitted on the cruiser HNLMS Kijkduin but after the German occupation of the Netherlands the Swedish government was afraid they would be claimed by the Germans so they were confiscated.
Tre Kronor was launched 16 December 1944.
| Tre Kronor-cruiser |
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