HSwMS Drottning Victoria

HSwMS Drottning Victoria was a Sverige-class coastal defence ship (Pansarskepp) for the Royal Swedish Navy in the 1910s.

HSwMS Drottning Victoria under way
History
Sweden
Name:	HSwMS Drottning Victoria
Builder:	Götaverken, Gothenburg
Laid down:	July 1915
Launched:	15 September 1917
Commissioned:	12 March 1921
Decommissioned:	22 March 1957
Fate:	Scrapped 1959
General characteristics
Class and type:	Sverige-class coastal defence ship
Displacement:	6,842 t standard; 7,663 t full load
Length:	120.9 m (396 ft 8 in) waterline 121.6 m (398 ft 11 in) overall
Beam:	18.63 m (61 ft 1 in)
Draught:	6.25 m (20 ft 6 in)
Propulsion:	12 Yarrow boilers; 2 Motala-Westinghouse geared turbines; 2 three-blade propellers 22,000 hp (16,000 kW)
Speed:	23.2 kn (43.0 km/h; 26.7 mph)
Range:	3,280 nmi (6,070 km; 3,770 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement:	427
Armament:	4 × Bofors 283 mm gun M/1912 (2×2) 8 × 152 mm/50 cal. Bofors QF M/1912 (1×2, 6×1) 4 × 75 mm/53 cal. Bofors QF M/1912 (4×1) 2 × 75 mm/53 cal. Bofors AA M/1915 (2×1) 2 × 57 mm/21.3 cal. Bofors M/1916 (2×1) 2 × 6.5 mm/92.3 cal. 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/50 cal. Bofors QF M/1912 (1×2, 4×1) 4 × 75 mm/60 cal. Bofors AA M/1928 (2×2) 6 × 40 mm/56 cal. Bofors AA M/1936 (3×2) 4 × 25 mm/58 cal. Bofors AA M/1932 (2×2) 3 × 20 mm/66 cal. Bofors AA M/1940 (3×1) 4 × 8 mm/75.8 cal. AA MG M/1936 (2×2)
Armour:	Belt 200 mm (8 in) Turrets 200 mm (8 in) Citadel 100 mm (4 in) Deck 18–28 mm (1–1 in)

Notable commanders of the ship include Gösta Ehrensvärd between 1932 and 1933, Yngve Ekstrand in 1936 and 1937 and Stig H:son Ericson during 1942 and part of 1943.

Bibliography

• Harris, Daniel G. (1992). "The Svierge Class Coastal Defense Ships". In Gardiner, Robert (ed.). Warship 1992. London: Naval Institute Press. pp. 80–98. ISBN 0-85177-603-5.