HSwMS Wachtmeister

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Several ships of the Swedish Navy have been named HSwMS Wachtmeister, named after the Swedish noble family of Wachtmeister:

Wachtmeister (1681) was a ship launched in 1681 and lost in battle in 1719
HSwMS Wachtmeister (10) was a Wrangel-classdestroyer launched in 1917 and decommissioned in 1947

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HSwMS Wachtmeister (10), later (26), was a destroyer of the Swedish Navy during World War I, built at Lindholm Shipyard in Gothenburg, and was launched on December 19, 1917, as the second of two destroyers of the Wrangel class. The ship class was among the most modern destroyers in the world just after the end of World War I. At the outbreak of World War II in 1939 she was stationed as part of the Gothenburg Squadron. Wachtmeister was decommissioned in 1947 and was subsequently sold for scrap in 1950. The ship was named after the Swedish noble family Wachtmeister.

Wachtmeister is a German, Austrian and Swiss military rank of non-commissioned officers.

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