HSwMS Thor (1898)
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| History | |
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| Sweden | |
| Name | Thor |
| Namesake | Thor, the Norse god of thunder |
| Builder | Bergsunds, Stockholm |
| Cost | SEK1,871,000 |
| Laid down | 1896 |
| Launched | 7 March 1898 |
| Commissioned | 29 June 1899 |
| Decommissioned | 16 July 1937 |
| Fate | Broken up, 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Oden-class coastal defence ship |
| Displacement | 3,328 t (3,275 long tons) (normal) |
| Length | 84.9 m (278 ft 7 in) (w.l.) |
| Beam | 14.77 m (48 ft 5 in) |
| Draught | 5.5 m (18 ft 1 in) (max) |
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| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Range | 2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 265 |
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HSwMS Thor was a Swedish first class coastal defence ship (Pansarskepp). A follow-on to the name-ship of the class, Oden, Thor differed in having improved Harvey steel armour, a greater use of electric power and two additional casemate-mounted 12 cm (4.7 in) guns. The vessel was launched in 1899 and visited Portsmouth naval base in 1907. After an upgrade between 1914 and 1916, the warship operated in support of Sweden's neutrality in the First World War, participating in the Invasion of Åland in 1918. Thor was the first Swedish vessel to arrive and remained on duty when the German dreadnought battleships Rheinland and Westfalen arrived. The matter was resolved peacefully. After an otherwise uneventful career, Thor retired in 1937 and broken up.