| History | |
|---|---|
 Sweden | |
| Name | Wale |
| Namesake | Váli |
| Builder | Kockums |
| Launched | 21 September 1907 |
| Completed | 11 April 1908 |
| Out of service | 18 October 1940 |
| Fate | Sunk as target, 26 September 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 350 long tons (356 t) |
| Length | 66.1 m (216 ft 10 in) |
| Beam | 6.3 m (20 ft 8 in) |
| Draught | 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 triple-expansion engines |
| Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Complement | 69 |
| Armament |
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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.[1]
References
Notes
- ^ Olsson, Kjell. "HMS Wales sista strid utanför Gotland" [HSwMS Wale's last battle outside Gotland]. www.tjelvar.se (in Swedish). Gotlands försvarshistoria och Gotlands trupper. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
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- Friedman, Norman (2011). Naval Weapons of World War One: Guns, Torpedoes, Mines and ASW Weapons of All Nations; An Illustrated Directory. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-100-7.
- Hofsten, Gustaf von; Waernberg, Jan; Ohlsson, Curt S. (2003). Örlogsfartyg: svenska maskindrivna fartyg under tretungad flagg. [Forum navales skriftserie, 1650-1837 ; 6] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Svenskt militärhistoriskt bibl. i samarbete med Marinlitteratur. ISBN 91-974384-3-X. SELIBR 8873330.
- Westerlund, Karl-Eric (1985). "Sweden". In Gray, Randal (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 355–363. ISBN 978-0-85177-245-5.
- Whitley, M. J. (2000). Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. London: Cassell & Co. ISBN 1-85409-521-8.
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