Wrangel-class destroyer
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HSwMS Wachtmeister
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Class overview | |
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Operators | Swedish Navy |
Preceded by | Hugin class |
Succeeded by | Ehrensköld class |
In commission | 1916–1947 |
Completed | 2 |
Retired | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Destroyer |
Displacement | 415 / 498 tons |
Length | 69.6 m (228 ft 4 in) |
Beam | 6.9 m (22 ft 8 in) |
Draught | 2.8 m (9 ft 2 in) |
Installed power | 13,000 ihp (9,700 kW) |
Propulsion | Geared steam turbine, 2 screws |
Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
Endurance | 1,300 nmi (2,400 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h) |
Complement | 81 |
Armament |
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The Wrangel class was a class of two destroyers built for the Royal Swedish Navy during World War I. The class consisted of HSwMS Wrangel and HSwMS Wachtmeister.
Overview[]
The Wrangel-class destroyers completed a line of Swedish 30-knot (56 km/h; 35 mph) destroyers, originating from HSwMS Wale. Unlike the destroyers of the previous series, they received a forecastle which notably improved seaworthiness along with being equipped with the first steam turbines in the Swedish Navy.
It was planned to build a series of four ships, but the order for the second pair of obsolete destroyers was refused.
Ships in class[]
Ship name | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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Wrangel | 4 May 1918 | 13 June 1947 | Used as a target ship; sank 1960 |
Wachtmeister | 19 October 1918 | 13 June 1947 | Sold for scrap, 1950 |
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- 1910s ships
- Wrangel-class destroyers
- Destroyers of the Swedish Navy
- European naval ship stubs
- Swedish history stubs