HSwMS Tre Kronor

History
Sweden
NameTre Kronor
NamesakeTre Kronor
BuilderGötaverken, Gothenburg
Laid down27 September 1943
Launched16 December 1944
Commissioned25 October 1947
Out of service1 January 1964
Motto
  • För Sveriges frihet
  • ("For the freedom of Sweden")
FateStricken, 1 January 1964 and scrapped, 1968
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General characteristics
Class & typeTre Kronor-class cruiser
Displacement7,400 long tons (7,519 t)
Length181.96 m (597 ft 0 in)
Beam16.45 m (54 ft 0 in)
Draft5.9 m (19 ft 4 in)
Propulsion2 shafts, 90000shp
Speed33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Complement618
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)

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

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