HSwMS Gotland

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There have been at least two ships of the Swedish Navy named HSwMS Gotland after the island in the Baltic Sea.

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HSwMS <i>Gustaf V</i>

HSwMS Gustaf V, in Swedish HM Pansarskepp Gustaf V was a Sverige-class coastal defence ship of the Swedish Navy. The vessel was the third and last ship in the Sverige class along with HSwMS Sverige and HSwMS Drottning Victoria. Gustaf V was launched on 15 September 1917 at Kockums in Malmö and delivered to the Navy on 9 January 1922. The design consisted of four 28 cm cannon and a secondary armament of eight 15.2 cm cannon. During the interwar period, the ship underwent several modernizations and was one of the most powerful vessels in the fleet during the Second World War. The ship was put in reserve in 1948, was decommissioned in 1957 and was later sold for scrapping in Karlskrona. However, the ship remained at Berga Academy of War as of 1968. Two of the ship's 15.2 cm guns are preserved in the battery at Häggmansberget in the defensive Kalix Line, around Kalix.

HSwMS <i>Wale</i>

HSwMS Wale (3) was a destroyer of the Swedish Navy. Wale was built by Kockums Shipyard and launched on September 21, 1907 and delivered to the fleet on 11 April 1908. The vessel was based on the two former British-built destroyers HSwMS Mode and HSwMS Magne. Wale was the first destroyer to be built in Sweden and was influential in the development of the destroyers in that nation. After Wale, in the years 1907–1911, another five destroyers followed with essentially the same design. These were two ships of the Hugin class and three ships of the Ragnar class. Wale was decommissioned on 18 November 1940. She was sunk as a target outside Fårösund by the Swedish Coastal Artillery and the HSwMS Sundsvall on 26 September 1946.

Several ships of the Swedish Navy have been named HSwMS Uppland, named after Uppland province:

Several ships of the Swedish Navy have been named HSwMS Halland, named after Halland province:

Several ships of the Swedish Navy have been named HSwMS Najad, named after the mythological water spirit:

Several ships of the Swedish Navy have been named HSwMS Carlskrona or HSwMS Karlskrona, named after the city of Karlskrona:

Several ships of the Swedish Navy have been named HSwMS Belos, named after the mythological king of Egypt:

Several ships of the Swedish Navy have been named HSwMS Stockholm, named after the city of Stockholm:

Several ships of the Swedish Navy have been named HSwMS Mode, named after Módi, the son of Thor in Norse mythology:

Several ships of the Swedish Navy have been named HSwMS Munin, named after the son of Thor in Norse mythology:

Several ships of the Swedish Navy have been named HSwMS Loke, named after Loki in Norse mythology:

Several ships of the Swedish Navy have been named HSwMS Tordön or HSwMS Thordön, named after the Old Norse word for thunder:

Six warships of Sweden have been named Södermanland, after Södermanland:

Five warships of Sweden have been named Draken, after Draken:

Seven warships of Sweden have been named Gripen, after Gripen:

Five warships of Sweden have been named Delfinen :

Five warships of Sweden have been named Kalmar, after Kalmar:

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