HSwMS Gustav V

History
Sweden
Name: HMS Gustav V
Operator: Swedish Navy
Builder: Kockums Mekaniska Verkstad, Malmö
Laid down: December 1914
Launched: 31 January 1918
Commissioned: 12 December 1922
Out of service: 22 March 1957
Fate: Scrapped 1970
General characteristics
Class & type: Sverige class coastal defence ship
Type: Coastal defence ship
Displacement:
  • 6,842 t standard;
  • 7,663 t full load
Length:
  • 120.9 m waterline
  • 121.6 m overall
Beam: 18.63 m
Draft: 6.25 m
Propulsion:
  • 12 Yarrow boilers;
  • 2 Motala-Westinghouse geared turbines;
  • 2 three-blade propellers
  • 22,000 hp = 23.2 knots (43.0 km/h) trials
Speed: 23 knots
Range: 3280 nautical miles @ 14 knots (26 km/h)
Crew: 427
Armament:
  • 4 × Bofors 283 mm gun M/1912 (2×2)
  • 8 × 152 mm/50cal. Bofors QF M/1912 (1×2, 6×1)
  • 4 × 75 mm/53cal. Bofors QF M/1912 (4×1)
  • 2 × 75 mm/53cal. Bofors AA M/1915 (2×1)
  • 2 × 57 mm/21,3cal. Bofors M/1916 (2×1)
  • 2 × 6,5 mm/92,3cal. MG M/1914 (2×1)
  • 2 × 45 cm Torpedo tubes M/1914 (2×1)
  • WWII:
  • 4 × Bofors 283 mm gun M/1912 (2×2)
  • 6 × 152 mm/50cal. Bofors QF M/1912 (6×1)
  • 4 × 75 mm/60cal. Bofors AA M/1928 (2×2)
  • 6 × 40 mm/56cal. Bofors AA M/1936 (3×2)
  • 4 × 25 mm/58cal. Bofors AA M/1932 (2×2)
  • 3 × 20 mm/66cal. Bofors AA M/1940 (3×1)
  • 4 × 8 mm/75,8cal. AA MG M/1936 (2×2)
Armour:
  • Belt 200 mm
  • Artillery 200 mm
  • Citadel 100 mm
  • Deck 18-28 mm

HMS Gustav V was a Sverige-class coastal defence ship (Pansarskepp) of the Swedish navy.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Christopher Eger (April 10, 2013). "Warship Wednesday, April 10 The Last Swedish Parsnip!". Last Stand on Zombie Island. Retrieved January 9, 2016.

External links

Media related to HMS Gustav V (ship, 1918) at Wikimedia Commons


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