Svenska Marinen HMS Mode, Magne, Munin, Mjölner 1942-70. The Mode class were four coastal destroyers built in Sweden on Italian Torpedo Boat plans. They were active until 1966-70. The design was based on the preceding Psilander class, Torpedo Boats purchased from Italy before the war, but equipped with Swedish equipment and armament and classed as … Read more
Svenska Marinen Two coastal destroyers: Remus, Romulus 1940-1958. HSwMS Romulus and Remus were former Italian Torpedo Boats Spica and Astore, of the namesake class already in service in the Regia Marina from 1935. They were purchased alongside as two Sella class destroyers in January 1940 but only departed from La Spezia in April 1940 after … Read more
Svenska Marinen six destroyers: Göteborg, Stockholm, Malmö, Karlskrona, Gävle, Norrköping 1934-1941 The Göteborg class were Swedish World War II destroyer built between 1936 and 1941 and designed as escorts and neutral waters patrol ships. They were designed to reach better speeds, with construction changes, longer hull, lighter stuctures, new superheating systems and on trials reached … Read more
Svenska Marinen 2 fleet destroyers: Klas Horn, Klas Uggla 1930-58. The Klas class, most often “Klas Horn” class as it less odd to pronounce, were two fleet destroyers in service with the Svenska Marinen from 1932 to 1958 and a development of the preceding Ehrensköld-class. Built in 1930-1932, they shared many similar characteristics. HSwMS Klas … Read more
Svenska Marinen Two destroyers: Psilander, Puke, acquired Jan. 1940. Second entry in a new cycle started in 2025, about Swedish Destroyers from the interwar to the end of WW2: The Psilander class. Sweden had experie,ce building its own destroyers since a decade, with notably the Wrangel class being the latest launched in 1917. Modest, it … Read more
Svenska Marinen Two destroyers: Ehrensköld, Nordenskjöld 1927-63. Today we start a new cycle of Swedish Destroyers from the interwar to the end of WW2. By building its own designs and bringing many classes, the Swedish Navy copied no one and none copied them. They completed enough destroyers to fulfill a variety of roles aside their … Read more
Sverige class coastal battleships (1915) Swedish Navy 1912-70 HSwMS Sverige, Drottning Victoria, Gustav V Sweden’s last Pansarkepp Sweden’s very last coastal battleships is a saga out of itself. Largest ships ever built in Sweden before even the Great War broke out, completed after many delays in 1917, 21 and 22, they became the flagships of … Read more
HSwMS Clas Fleming (1912) Swedish Navy – Minelayer cruiser 1911-1960 Commissioned in 1914, Clas Fleming was among the first Swedish warships using Parsons steam turbines. Faitly small for cruiser standards in WWI with just 1550 tons of displacement, she was still armed with four 120 mm (4.7 in) guns, had some armor in vital spaces and could … Read more
Seaplane carrier hybrid light cruiser The singular HSwMS Gotland was designed during the interwar as a jack of all trades, built on a shoestring budget, typical of the post-1929 crisis state of military budgets across europe. A bit like the Dutch Tromp class built afterwards, she was supposed to fill many roles at once. Sweden … Read more
Panzerkepp HSwMS Oscar II (1906) Swedish Navy – coastal battleship 1907-1974 HSwMS Oscar II was a coastal battleship (Panzerkepp) of the Swedish Navy built before WWI. She was larger, more powerful, and better protected than any other that came before, setting a new standard for Scandinavia. She had an important role during WWI by covering … Read more
