HMS Tre Kronor
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| Name: | HMS Tre Kronor |
| Operator: | Swedish Navy |
| Builder: | Götaverken, Gothenburg |
| Laid down: | 27 September 1943 |
| Launched: | 16 December 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 25 October 1947 |
| Out of service: | 1 January 1964 |
| Motto: | För Sveriges frihet (For the freedom of Sweden) |
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| Class and type: | Tre Kronor class cruiser |
| Type: | Cruiser |
| 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) |
| Crew: | 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 |
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.
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