HSwMS Ehrensköld (11)
HSwMS Ehrensköld | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Sweden | |
| Name | Ehrensköld |
| Namesake | Admiral Nils Ehrenschiöld |
| Builder | Kockums, Malmö |
| Laid down | 1924 |
| Launched | 25 September 1926 |
| Commissioned | 14 September 1927 |
| Decommissioned | 1 April 1963 |
| Identification | 11, 1, 71 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1973 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Displacement | 974 long tons (990 t) standard |
| Length | |
| Beam | 8.88 m (29 ft 2 in) |
| Draught | 3.8 m (12 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 36 kn (41 mph; 67 km/h) |
| Range | 1,600 nmi (1,800 mi; 3,000 km) at 16 kn (18 mph; 30 km/h) |
| Complement | 120 |
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HSwMS Ehrensköld (11), was the lead ship of her class of destroyer in the Swedish Navy during World War II. Together with the sister ship HSwMS Nordenskjöld (12), she constituted the Ehrensköld class, which, with its size and speed, was a major step in the Swedish destroyer fleet. Initially, Ehrensköld had pennant number 11, which was later changed to 1. In 1951-1952, the ship was converted to frigate, and then received the pennant number 71. She was decommissioned in 1963 and was sold for scrapping in 1973.