List of coastal defence ships of the Swedish Navy

Ships of the  Swedish Navy

Capital ships

Coastal defence ships

Corvettes

Cruisers

Destroyers

Frigates

Mine warfare vessels

Monitors

Patrol vessels

Gunboats

Sloops of war

Submarines

Torpedo boats

This is a list of Swedish coastal defence ships of the period 1859-1918:
They are sometimes called "coast defence battleships." They were listed in the 1938 edition of Jane's Fighting Ships as battleships, though they were not designed as such, nor capable of fighting true battleships one on one.

Svea class

• HSwMS <i>Svea</i> (1886) - Stricken 1945
• HSwMS <i>Göta</i> (1891)
• HSwMS Thule (1893)

Oden class

• HSwMS Oden (1897)
• HSwMS Niord (1899)
• HSwMS Thor (1898)

Dristigheten class

• HSwMS Dristigheten (1900) - Converted to an Aircraft Tender and Depot Ship prior to 1938

Äran class

• HSwMS Äran (1901) - Stricken 1947
• HSwMS Wasa (1901)
• HSwMS Tapperheten (1901) - BU 1952
• HSwMS Manligheten (1903)

Oscar II class

• HSwMS Oscar II (1905) - BU 1974

Sverige class

• HSwMS Sverige (1915)
• HSwMS Drottning Victoria (1917)
• HSwMS Gustav V (1918)

Gallery

• 
  HSwMS <i>Svea</i> was the first Swedish coastal defence ship...
• 
  ...and HSwMS Gustav V was the last one.

This page was last edited on 26 July 2023, at 20:03