HSwMS Mode (1902)

Mode
History
Sweden
NameMode
BuilderYarrow, Poplar
Launched22 July 1902
Stricken1928
FateSunk as target, 1936
General characteristics
Displacement394 long tons (400 t)
Length67.08 m (220 ft 1 in)
Beam6.20 m (20 ft 4 in)
Draught2.67 m (8 ft 9 in)
Installed power
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 triple expansion engines
Speed29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Complement62
Armament

HSwMS Mode was a torpedo boat destroyer of the Royal Swedish Navy. Mode was built by the British shipbuilder Yarrow, launching in 1902, and was the first destroyer built for Sweden. She was employed on escort duties during the First World War and was sunk as a target in 1936.