HSwMS Hugin (1910)

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Naval Ensign of Sweden.svgSweden
NameHugin
Namesake Hugin
Builder Gotaverken, Gothenburg
Launched10 December 1910
Commissioned20 June 1911
Stricken13 June 1947
Identification7, 24
Fate Scrapped, 1949
General characteristics (as built)
Class & type Hugin-class destroyer
Displacement
Length66.3 m (217 ft 6 in)
Beam6.5 m (21 ft 4 in)
Draft1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) (deep load)
Installed power
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 steam turbines
Speed30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range1,500 nmi (2,800 km; 1,700 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement73
Armament

Hugin was a Hugin-class destroyer built for the Royal Swedish Navy during the 1910s. Completed in 1911, she conducted neutrality patrols during both World Wars.

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Design and description

The Hugin-class ships were improved versions of the earlier Ragnar class and were the first Swedish warships built with steam turbines. The ships displaced 350 long tons (360  t ) at normal load and 429 long tons (436 t) at full load. The destroyers measured 65.8 metres (215 ft 11 in) long at the waterline and 66.3 m (217 ft 6 in) overall with a beam of 6.5 m (21 ft 4 in) [1] and a draught of 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) at normal load. The Hugins were powered by a pair of AEG-Curtiss direct-drive steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft using steam provided by four coal-fired Yarrow boilers. The turbines were designed to produce a total of 10,000 shaft horsepower (7,500  kW ) for a maximum speed of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph). Hugin handily exceeded her designed speed during her sea trials, reaching 31.2 knots (57.8 km/h; 35.9 mph). They carried enough coal to give them a range of 1,500 nautical miles (2,800 km; 1,700 mi) at a speed of 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph). The ships had a complement of 73 officers and ratings. [2]

The Hugin class was armed with four 75-millimetre (3 in) m/05 guns in single mounts. One gun was situated on the forward superstructure and another on the stern; the other two were on the broadside amidships. [2] The ships were also armed with two 457 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes on single mounts located on the centreline between the stern gun and the rear funnel. [2]

Modifications

The ships exchanged their single torpedo-tube mounts for twin-tube mounts in 1916. Both ships replaced their stern gun with a pair of twin-gun mounts for 25 mm (0.98 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns in 1939. They also had a pair of depth charge racks added at the stern. Hugin was reboilered in 1941–1942 and had her guns replaced. [2]

Construction and career

Hugin was launched on 10 December 1910 by Gotaverken in their shipyard in Gothenburg and commissioned on 20 June 1911. The ship conducted neutrality patrols during both World Wars. [3]

Citations

  1. Westerlund 1985, p. 360
  2. 1 2 3 4 Westerlund 1992, p. 153
  3. Hofsten, Waernberg & Ohlsson, p. 153

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