HSwMS Saga

Saga at Karlskrona, c. 1900.
History
Sweden
Name:	Saga
Builder:	Karlskrona Yard
Laid down:	7 August 1874
Launched:	12 November 1877
In service:	20 June 1878
Out of service:	25 June 1926
General characteristics
Displacement:	1617 tons
Length:	61 m (200.13 ft)
Beam:	10.2 m (33.46 ft)
Draft:	5.6 m (18.37 ft)
Speed:	11 knots (20.37 km/h)
Complement:	188 men
Armament:	As built: 1 × 167 mm gun 6 × 122 mm guns After 1888 rebuild: 1 × 152 mm gun 8 × 122 mm guns 1 × 65 mm landing gun

HSwMS Saga was a steam corvette of the Royal Swedish Navy.

Saga was used for training sailors. During the winter season she served as a depot ship for the recruit unit. Saga was used as a cadet vessel from 1878 to 1887, and from 1894 to 1909, later being used as a barracks ship. She was decommissioned in 1926. Her propeller is displayed outside the Naval Museum in Karlskrona.

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  Saga's figurehead, created by Carl August Sundwall

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  Etching by N. E. Anckers

Service history

In June 1902, Saga visited Sheerness.^[1]

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