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Name | Hugin |
Namesake | Hugin |
Builder | Gotaverken, Gothenburg |
Launched | 10 December 1910 |
Commissioned | 20 June 1911 |
Stricken | 13 June 1947 |
Identification | 7, 24 |
Fate | Scrapped, 1949 |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Class & type | Hugin-class destroyer |
Displacement | |
Length | 66.3 m (217 ft 6 in) |
Beam | 6.5 m (21 ft 4 in) |
Draft | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) (deep load) |
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Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 steam turbines |
Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
Range | 1,500 nmi (2,800 km; 1,700 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
Complement | 73 |
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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.
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]
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]
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]