HMS Gotland (cruiser)

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**HMS Gotland**

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Type	Initially seaplane cruiser, converted to anti-aircraft cruiser
Class	Gotland class cruiser (the only of her class)
Laid down	1930
Launched	14 September 1933
Commissioned	14 December 1934
Decommissioned	1956
Stricken	1960
Sold	1962
Status	Scrapped in 1963
Displacement	4,600 t
Length	134.8 m
Beam	15.4 m
Draft	4.5 m
Crew	467 (ship) + 60 (aircraft)
Armament	Main battery: Six 152 mm in two twin turrets and two single turrets AA: four 75 mm, four 25 mm; eight 40 mm added in 1944 Six 533 mm torpedo tubes Mines
Propulsion and power	Two shafts, steam turbines, four boilers
Speed	27.5 knots
Aircraft (before conversion)	Six Hawker Osprey (had capacity for eight)

HMS Gotland was a seaplane cruiser of the Swedish Navy built by Götaverken.

It was originally planned to be a conventional aircraft carrier with a flight deck, but the plans changed and it became a seaplane cruiser with one catapult.

Its aircraft complement consisted of six Hawker Osprey seaplanes. It had capacity for eight and attempts were made to purchase two more, unsuccessfully since they weren't manufactured anymore.

HMS Gotland was converted in 1944 to an anti-aircraft cruiser due to a lack of modern seaplanes.

After World War II it served as a training ship until it was decommissioned in 1956, stricken in 1960, sold in 1962 and finally scrapped in 1963.