HSwMS Magne (30)

History
Sweden
Name	Magne
Namesake	Magni
Builder	Götaverken, Gothenburg
Laid down	September 1941
Launched	25 April 1942
Completed	26 November 1942
Stricken	1 January 1966
Fate	Scrapped 1973
General characteristics
Class and type	Mode-class destroyer
Displacement	740 long tons (752 t)
Length	256 ft (78 m)
Beam	26 ft 6 in (8.08 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m)
Propulsion	Steam turbines, 16,000 shp (12 MW), 2 screws
Speed	30 knots (35 mph; 56 km/h)
Complement	100
Armament	3 × 105mm/50 Bofors M/42 DP guns (3×1) 2 × 40 mm guns M/36 (2×1) 2 × Bofors 20mm/66 M/40 (2×1) 3 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (1×3)

HSwMS Magne (30) was a Mode-class destroyer of the Swedish Navy during World War II. She was built at Götaverken and was launched on 25 April 1942 as the second ship of the Mode class. The ship was rebuilt in the mid-1950s and reclassified to frigate in 1953 when she received pennant number 74. Magne was scrapped in Ystad in 1973. The name comes from Magni, the son of Thor in Nordic mythology.

Design

Magne was 78 meters long, 8.1 meters wide and had a depth of 2.3 meters. The default deployment was 635 tons and the maximum displacement was 785 tons. The machinery consisted of two Penhoët A oil-fired boilers, which supplied steam to two steam turbines which propelled their propellers. The machine developed 16,000 horsepower, which gave the ship a maximum speed of 30 knots (55 km/h). The main armament consisted of three 10.5 cm guns m/42.^[1] These were placed in separate towers, one on the back deck, one on the aft deck and one on the aft superstructure. The air defense was consisted of two 40 mm anti-aircraft automatic guns m/36 and two 20 mm anti-aircraft automatic guns m/40. Three torpedo tubes for 53 cm torpedoes sitting in a triple set of the aft superstructure and further were two depth charge thrower and two rack-deployed depth charges. 42 mines could also be carried for mining.^[1]

History

Magne was built at Götaverken in Gothenburg and was launched on 25 April 1942 and was delivered to the Swedish Navy already on 26 November that year. After delivery, Magne entered the Coastal Fleet, where she served during the rest of World War II.^[2]

In 1953 Magne was reclassified to frigate and was rebuilt in the mid-1950s. One of the 10.5 cm guns as well as the torpedo racks was then removed and the 40 mm guns m/36 were replaced m/48 with the same caliber. In addition, an anti-submarine granade m/51.

Fate

Magne was decommissioned on 1 January 1966 and was subsequently used as training ship at the machinery school at the Berga Naval Training Schools. In 1973 the ship was scrapped in Ystad.

References

Notes

Print

• Borgenstam, Curt; Insulander, Per; Kaudern, Gösta (1989). Jagare: med Svenska flottans jagare under 80 år (in Swedish). Västra Frölunda: Marinlitteratur. ISBN 91-970700-4-1. SELIBR 7792227.
• Lagvall, Bertil (1991). Flottans neutralitetsvakt 1939-1945: krönika. Marinlitteraturföreningen, 0348-2405 ; 71 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Marinlitteraturfören. ISBN 91-85944-05-X. SELIBR 7753511.
• Whitley, M. J. (2000). Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. London: Cassell & Co. ISBN 1-85409-521-8.

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