HSwMS Tre Kronor

HSwMS Tre Kronor was a cruiser of the Royal Swedish Navy built during the Second World War.

History
Sweden
Name: Tre Kronor
Namesake: Tre Kronor
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")
Badge:
General characteristics
Class and type: Tre Kronor-class cruiser
Displacement: 7,400 long tons (7,519 t)
Length: 181.96 m (597 ft 0 in)
Beam: 16.45 m (54 ft 0 in)
Draft: 5.9 m (19 ft 4 in)
Propulsion: 2 shafts, 90000shp
Speed: 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Complement: 618
Armament:
  • As built :
  • 7 × Bofors 152 mm guns
  • 20 × Bofors 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
Armor:
  • 70 mm (2.8 in)
  • Deck: 30 + 30 mm (1.2 + 1.2 in)
  • Conning tower and turrets: 127 mm (5 in)

History

At the start of the war most of the ships of the Royal Swedish Navy were quite old and the navy was in need of new ships. In 1940 the government decided that three cruisers were to be built. A political debate broke out about the cruisers and works did not start until 1943. The ship was to be built in Götaverken in Gothenburg. Eventually only two of the cruisers were built, and the third cruiser-squadron of the Coastal Fleet would be led by the modernised AA-cruiser HSwMS Gotland.

The turrets used on HSwMS Tre Kronor were built by Bofors and were originally ordered by the Dutch Navy to be fitted on the two "De Zeven Provinciën-class cruisers", 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, commissioned on 25 October 1947, and served until 1 January 1964.

Captains
  • 1947–1948: Erik af Klint
  • 1949–1951: Erik Friberg
  • 1954–1954: Harry Bong
  • 1954–1955: Magnus Starck
  • 1955–1956: Åke Lindemalm
  • 1956–1957: Magnus Hammar
  • 1957–1958: Anders Nilson

References
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