(ARAN, before 1907)

(ARAN, before 1907)

(ARAN, after 1909)

ARAN (Aran-class)
Build 1902 at Lindholmens Varv, Gothenburg.
Laid down: 1899 
Launched: 14/8 1901
Completed: 7 september 1902
Reconstructed: 1908 - 1909
Stricken: 13/6 1947
Deplacement: 3 650 / 3 735 ton
Lenght: 87,5 m
Beam: 15 m
Draft: 5,3 m
Speed: 17 knots
Armament: 2 x 210 mm guns
                  6 x 152 mm guns
                10 x 57 mm guns
                  2 x 45 cm torpedo-tubes

 TAPPERHETEN
(Aran - Class)
Build 1902 at Kockums M.V. AB, Malmo.
Laid down: 1899 
Launched: 7/11 1901
Completed: 1903
Stricken: 13/6 1947
Deplacement: 3 650 / 3 735 ton
Length: 89,7 m
Beam: 15 m
Draft: 5,3 m
Speed: 16 knots
Crew: 285 men
Armament: 2 x 210 mm guns
                  6 x 152 mm guns
                10 x 57 mm guns
                  2 x 45 cm torpedo-tubes

(After rebuilding 1941)

Ordered: 1901
Laid down: 1901.
Launched: 1/12 1903.
Completed: 3/12 1904.
Stricken: 1947
Scrapped: 24/2 1950.
Rebuild at Gotaverken 1941
Deplacement: 3 650 / 3 840 ton
Lenght: 87,48/ 89,7 m (90,3/ 91,4 m (1941))
Beam: 15,02 m
Draft: 5 m
Engine: 2 st Motala Trippel-expansion steam engine.
Speed: 16,5 knots
Range: 3000 nm at 12 knots
Crew: 322 men
Armament: 1904
                    2 x 21cm M/98
                    6 x 15,2cm M/98
                  10 x 57mm M/89B
                    2 x 45,7 cm torpedo-tubes M/1899
                1916
                    2 x 21cm Bofors M/98
                    6 x 15,2cm Bofors M/98
                    8 x 57mm guns M/89
                    2 x 57mm lvguns M/89
                    2 x 45,7 cm torpedo-tubes M/1899
                1941
                    2 x 21cm Bofors M/98-36
                    6 x 15,2cm Bofors M/98-36
                    4 x 57mm lvguns M/38
                    2 x 40mm M/36 LvAguns
                    2 x 25mm M/32 LvAguns
                    2 x 8mm/75,8cal. lvksp M/36
                    mine-rail 

Buildingyard: Bergsunds mekaniska verkstad, Stockholm.
Keel laid: 1891 
Launched: 4/3 1893.
Commissioned: 1/12 1893.
Stricken: 12/10 1923 and used as accomodation ship.
1928: Used as a target ship.
1933: Sold to be broken up.
Displacement: 3 150 / 3 305 ton.
Lenght: 83,6 m
Beam: 14,6 m.
Draft: 5,1 m.
Speed: 16 knots.
Armament: 2 x 254 mm guns
                   4 x 152 mm guns
                   5 x 57 mm guns
                   2 x 45 cm torpedo tubes 

(After 1905)

(Postcard : after rebuilding 1921)

SVEA
(Svea-class)
Built 1886 at Lindholmens Varv, Gothenburg.
Keel laid: 1884.
Launched: 12/12 1885
Commissioned: 20/9 1886.
Rebuild and modernished 1904.
Decommissioned: 24/10 1915
Rebuild to a Submarine depot ship 1921.
Rebuild to a accommodation ship 1940.
Stricken 1945.
Displacement: 2 931 / 3 273 ton
Lenght: 75,7 m
Beam: 14,8 m
Draft: 5,2 m
Speed: 15 knots.
Crew: 252 men
Armament: 1886:
                    2 x 254 mm/34cal. Elswick M/1885
                    4 x 152 mm/28cal. Armstrong M/1883
                    2 x 38 mm/40,7cal. Nordenfelt QF M/1884
                    4 x 25,4mm/35,5cal. Palmcrantz ksp M/1877
                    1 x 12mm/78cal. Palmcrantz ksp M/1875
                    1 x 38,1 cm torpedo tube M/1889

                    1897:
                     2 x 254 mm/34cal. Elswick M/1885
                     4 x 120mm/45cal. Bofors QF M/1894
                     6 x 57mm/55cal. Finspång QF M/1889B
                     4 x 25,4mm/35,5cal. Palmcrantz ksp M/1877
                     1 x 12mm/78cal. Palmcrantz ksp M/1875
                     1 x 38,1 cm torpedo tube M/1889

                     1905:
                      1 x 210mm/44cal. Bofors M/1898
                      7 x 152mm/44cal. Bofors M/1898
                    11 x 57mm/55cal. Finspång M/1889B
                      2 x 37mm/39cal. Bofors M/1898B
                      1 x 38,1 cm torpedo tube M/1889 

(Postcard : after rebuilding 1916)

THOR
(Oden-class)
Build 1899 at Finnboda / Bergsunds M.V., Stockholm.
Rebuild and modernished 1916.
Stricken 16/7 1937
 

(Picture after rebuilding 1928-1929)

(Picture after rebuilding before WW II)

OSCAR II
(OSCAR-class)

Buildingyard: Lindholmens mekaniska verkstad, Goteborg.
Keel laid: 29/3 1903.
Launched: 6/6 1905.
Commissioned: 3/4 1907.
Stricken:24/2 1950.
Used as training facility at Berga Navy Schools 1950 - 1974.
1974: Scrapped
Displacement: 4 273 / 4 495 ton
Lenght: 95,6 m
Beam: 15,4 m
Draft: 5,5 m
Machinery: 2 st 4-cylinder trippel steam engine.
Speed: 18 knots.
Crew: 335 men.
Armament: 2 x 210 mm guns M/98
                   8 x 15,2 cm guns M/03
                 10 x 57 mm guns
                   2 x 45 cm torpedo tubes 

(After conversion into an aircraft depot ship)

DRISTIGHETEN
(DRISTIGHETEN-class)
Buildingyard: Lindholmens varv, Goteborg.
Keel laid: 1898.
Launched: 28/4 1900
Commissioned: 5/9 1901
1927- 1928 she was converted at Bergsund into an aircraft depot ship. Her heavy and medium guns were removed and she got a larger deckhouse with space for workshops etc. A heavy crane was fitted for hoisting aircraft aboard.
Stricken for disposal 13 June 1947; hulk used as artillery target.
Finally sold 19 January 1961 and subsequently scrapped.
Displacement: 3200 / 3600 ton (2270 ton 1927->)
Lenght: 86,87 m/ 89,0 m
Beam: 14,78 m
Draft: 4,88 m
Machinery: 5.700 ihp
Speed: 16,8 knots
Range: 2900 nm/10 knots
Crew: 275 - 289
Armament: [design]
                   2 x 210mm/44cal. Bofors 21cm M/98
                   6 x 152mm/44cal. Bofors M/1898
                 10 x 57mm/55cal. Ssk. M/89B
                   2 x 45,7 cm torpedo tubes

                   [1922]
                   2 x 210mm/44cal. Bofors M/1898
                   6 x 152mm/44cal. Bofors M/1898
                   8 x 57mm/55cal. Ssk. M/89B
                   1 x 57mm/21,3cal. Bofors AA M/16
                   1 x 57mm/21,3cal. Bofors AA M/19

                   [1927]
                   4 x 75mm/60cal. Bofors AA M/26-28
                   2 x 40mm/56cal. Bofors AA M/36
                   4 x 8mm/75,8cal. AA machine guns M/36 
                   1 x T1 Heinkel HD 16 & 1 x J4 Heinkel HD 19 airplane 

(Before conversion 1934 - 1935)

(After conversion 1934 - 1935)
(After conversion 1934 - 1935)

SVERIGE
(Sverige - class)
Buildingyard: Gotaverken AB, Gothenburg
Ordered: 1912
Keel laid: 12/12 1912.
Launched: 3/5 1915.
Commissioned: 14/5 1917.
1940: Converted from coal-firing to oil-firing
Stricken 30/1 1953 
Displacement 6 852 / 7 688 ton
Lenght: 119,7 / 120 m
Beam: 18,63 m
Draft: 6,25 m
Machinery: 2 st Kockums Curtiss turbines
Speed: 22,5 knop (23,0+ knop = trial 1940)
Range: 2720nm/14 knots
Crew: 427 men (443 men as flag-ship)
Armament:
[design]
4 x 28,3cm/45cal. Bofors 28 cm M/12
8 x 15,2cm/50cal. Bofors M/12
4 x 75mm/53cal. Bofors M/12
2 x 75mm/53cal. Bofors AA-guns M/15
2 x 57mm/21,3cal. Bofors M/16
2 x 6,5mm/92,3cal. machineguns M/14
2 x 45,7 cm torpedo tubes M/14

[WW II]
4 x 28,3cm/45cal. Bofors M/12
6 x 15,2cm/50cal. Bofors M/12
4 x 75mm/60cal. Bofors AA-guns M/28
6 x 40mm/56cal. Bofors AA-guns M/36
4 x 25mm/58cal. Bofors Automat guns M/32
3 x 20mm/66cal. Bofors Automat-guns M/40
4 x 8mm/75,8cal. AA machine guns M/36 

GUSTAV V
(Sverige - class)
Buildingyard: Kockums M.V. AB, Malmoe
Keel Laid: Dec. 1914.
Launched: 31/1 1918.
Commissioned: 12/12 1922.
Stricken 22/3 1957
1970: Towed to Goteborg and scrapped. 
Displacement 6 842 / 7 663 ton
Lenght: 120,9 / 121 m
Beam: 18,6 m
Draft: 6,8 m
Machinery: 2 st Motalas Westinghouse vxl-turbines
Speed: 23,2 knots
Armament:
[design]
4 x 28,3cm/45cal. Bofors 28 cm M/12
8 x 15,2cm/50cal. Bofors M/12
4 x 75mm/53cal. Bofors M/12
2 x 75mm/53cal. Bofors AA-guns M/15
2 x 57mm/21,3cal. Bofors M/16
2 x 6,5mm/92,3cal. machineguns M/14
2 x 45,7 cm torpedo tubes M/14

[1938]
4 x 28,3cm/45cal. Bofors M/12
6 x 15,2cm/50cal. Bofors M/12
4 x 75mm/60cal. Bofors AA-guns M/28
6 x 40mm/56cal. Bofors AA-guns M/36
4 x 25mm/58cal. Bofors Automat-guns M/32
3 x 20mm/66cal. Bofors Automat-guns M/40
4 x 8mm/75,8cal. AA-machine guns M/36 

DROTTNING VICTORIA
(Sverige - class)
Buildingyard: Gotaverken AB, Gothenburg.
Keel laid: July 1915.
Launched: 15/9 1917.
Commissioned: 12/3 1921
Stricken 22/3 1957
Displacement: 6 842 / 7663 ton
Lenght: 120,9 / 121,6 m
Beam: 18,6 m
Draft: 6,8 m
Speed: 23,2 knots
Range: 3280 nm/14 knots
Crew: 427 men
Armament:
[design]
4 x 28,3cm/45cal. Bofors 28 cm M/12
8 x 15,2cm/50cal. Bofors M/12
4 x 75mm/53cal. Bofors M/12
2 x 75mm/53cal. Bofors AA-guns M/15
2 x 57mm/21,3cal. Bofors M/16
2 x 6,5mm/92,3cal. machine guns M/14
2 x 45,7 cm torpedo tubes M/14

[1941]
4 x 28,3cm/45cal. Bofors M/12
6 x 15,2cm/50cal. Bofors M/12
4 x 75mm/60cal. Bofors AA-guns M/28
6 x 40mm/56cal. Bofors AA-guns M/36
4 x 25mm/58cal. Bofors Automate guns M/32
3 x 20mm/66cal. Bofors Automate guns M/40
4 x 8mm/75,8cal. AA-machine guns M/36