HSwMS Sverige
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| History | |
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| Sweden | |
| Name | Sverige |
| Namesake | Sweden |
| Builder | Götaverken, Gothenburg |
| Laid down | 12 December 1912 |
| Launched | 3 May 1915 |
| Commissioned | 14 May 1917 |
| Decommissioned | 30 January 1953 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1958 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Sverige-class coastal defence ship |
| Displacement | 6,852 t (6,744 long tons) (standard) |
| Length | 119.72 m (392 ft 9 in) (o/a) |
| Beam | 18.63 m (61 ft 1 in) |
| Draught | 6.25 m (20 ft 6 in) (deep load) |
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| Propulsion | 4 × shafts; 4 × steam turbines |
| Speed | 22.5 knots (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph) |
| Range | 2,720 nmi (5,040 km; 3,130 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement | 443 |
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HSwMS Sverige was a Sverige-class coastal defence ship (Pansarskepp) commissioned by Sweden during the last year of the First World War. The ship cost approximately 12 million kronor, a sum raised entirely by public donations. The fundraising was done because of the Karl Staaff government's reluctance to spend money on a new battleship. In addition to its impressive cost, the ship also had a significant impact on the Swedish Navy and its capabilities.