HSwMS Mjölner (32)

	HSwMS Mjölner
History
Sweden
Name	Mjölner
Namesake	Thor's hammer, Mjölner
Builder	Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstad, Gothenburg
Laid down	September 1941
Launched	9 April 1942
Commissioned	12 November 1943
Decommissioned	1 April 1966
Fate	Sold for scrap 1969
General characteristics
Class & type	Mode-class destroyer (1942–1953) or frigate (1953–1970)
Displacement	960 t (945 long tons), full load; 750 t (740 long tons), standard displacement;
Length	256 ft (78 m)
Beam	26 ft 3 in (8.00 m)
Draught	8 ft 10 in (2.69 m)
Propulsion	2 oil fired boilers, 2 de Laval steam turbines, 16,000 shp (12,000 kW), 2 screws
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range	1,260 nmi (2,330 km; 1,450 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	100
Armament	3 × 105 mm Bofors K/50 M/42 DP guns (3×1); 2 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 guns K/60 M/36 (2×1); 2 × 20 mm Bofors K/66 M/40 (2×1); 3 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (1×3);

HSwMS Mjölner was a coastal destroyer of the Royal Swedish Navy, built by Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstad and launched on 9 April 1942 as the last of the four ship Mode class. After serving during World War II, the ship was updated and reclassified a frigate in 1953. Decommissioned in 1966, Mjölner was sold for scrap in 1969.

History
HSwMS Mjölner
Sweden
Name	Mjölner
Namesake	Thor's hammer, Mjölner
Builder	Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstad, Gothenburg
Laid down	September 1941
Launched	9 April 1942
Commissioned	12 November 1943
Decommissioned	1 April 1966
Fate	Sold for scrap 1969
General characteristics
Class & type	Mode-class destroyer (1942–1953) or frigate (1953–1970)
Displacement	960 t (945 long tons), full load 750 t (740 long tons), standard displacement
Length	256 ft (78 m)
Beam	26 ft 3 in (8.00 m)
Draught	8 ft 10 in (2.69 m)
Propulsion	2 oil fired boilers, 2 de Laval steam turbines, 16,000 shp (12,000 kW), 2 screws
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range	1,260 nmi (2,330 km; 1,450 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	100
Armament	3 × 105 mm Bofors K/50 M/42 DP guns (3×1) 2 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 guns K/60 M/36 (2×1) 2 × 20 mm Bofors K/66 M/40 (2×1) 3 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (1×3)