Ragnar-class destroyer
Ragnar at sea | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders | Kockums Shipyard |
| Operators | Swedish Navy |
| Preceded by | Wale |
| Succeeded by | Hugin class |
| In commission | 1908–1947 |
| Completed | 3 |
| Retired | 3 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 66.1 m (216 ft 10 in) |
| Beam | 6.3 m (20 ft 8 in) |
| Draft | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 triple-expansion engines |
| Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Range | 1,400 nmi (2,600 km; 1,600 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Complement | 69 |
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The Ragnar class consisted of three destroyers built for the Royal Swedish Navy before World War I, Ragnar, Sigurd, and Vidar. The lead ship, Ragnar, its design based on the earlier destroyer Wale, was launched May 30, 1908. The Ragnar class led a relatively quiet service life performing routine missions, such as escorts and exercises between their commissioning before World War I, and their decommissioning shortly after World War II.