HMS Tre Kronor |
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders: | Götaverken, Hisingen, Sweden |
| Operators: | Swedish Navy Chilean Navy |
| Built: | 1943–1946 |
| In commission: | 1947–1970 |
| Planned: | 2 |
| Completed: | 2 |
| Retired: | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Cruiser |
| Displacement: | 8,200 long tons (8,332 t) standard 9,200 long tons (9,348 t) full load |
| Length: | 182 m (597 ft 1 in) |
| Beam: | 16.7 m (54 ft 9 in) |
| Draft: | 5.7 m (18 ft 8 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
| Complement: | 445 |
| Armament: | As built : • 7 × Bofors 152 mm guns • 20 × 40 mm guns • 9 × 20 mm guns • 6 × torpedo tubes From 1950 : • 7 × 152 mm (6 in) guns • 21 × 40 mm guns • 6 × 20 mm guns • 6 × torpedo tubes |
| Armour: | Belt: 70 mm (2.8 in) Deck: 30+30 mm (2.4 in) Conning tower and turrets: 127 mm (5 in) |
The Tre Kronor class cruisers (English: Three Crowns class) were built for the Swedish Navy during World War II.
In 1940 the Swedish government decided that two cruisers were to be built. A political debate broke out about the cruisers and work did not start until 1943. The ships were built in Götaverken in Gothenburg. HMS Tre Kronor was launched on 16 December 1944, and HMS Göta Lejon on 17 November 1945.
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