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Name | Tre Kronor |
Namesake | Tre Kronor |
Builder | Götaverken, Gothenburg |
Laid down | 27 September 1943 |
Launched | 16 December 1944 |
Commissioned | 25 October 1947 |
Out of service | 1 January 1964 |
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Fate | Stricken, 1 January 1964 and scrapped, 1968 |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Tre Kronor-class cruiser |
Displacement | 7,400 long tons (7,519 t) |
Length | 181.96 m (597 ft 0 in) |
Beam | 16.45 m (54 ft 0 in) |
Draft | 5.9 m (19 ft 4 in) |
Propulsion | 2 shafts, 90000shp |
Speed | 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
Complement | 618 |
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HSwMS Tre Kronor was a cruiser built for the Royal Swedish Navy during the Second World War.
The Tre Kronor-class ships had an overall length of 181.96 meters (597 ft 0 in), a beam of 16.45 metres (54 ft 0 in) and a draft of 5.94 metres (19 ft 6 in) at deep load. They displaced was 7,400 long tons (7,500 t ) at normal load, which increased to 9,200 long tons (9,300 t) at deep load. Four steam boilers fed steam to two geared steam turbines that each drove a single propeller shaft. The engines were rated at 100,000 shaft horsepower (75,000 kW ) which gave the ships a speed of 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph). They had a complement of 618 officers and men. [1]
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