Swedish Navy
Gun - boats / 1st class kanonbåt

Blenda-class = BLENDA, DISA (496 tons)
Urd-class = URD, VERDANDE, SKAGUL, SKULD, SKÄGGALD, ROTA (533 tons)
Edda-class = EDDA (613 tons)


(Before 1918)
(After 1918)


(After 1951)

BLENDA (Blenda-class)

Build at: Lindholmens Varv, Goteborg, Sweden.
16/10 1874: Launched.
21/5 1875: Commissioned.
1918: Rebuild to a repair-ship.
1930: Transferred to the Swedish Coast Artillery Forces.
1942: Stricken.
1945: Sold to Grisslehamns Varv, Sweden.
1951: Re-delivered as a general cargo motorship.
1954: Sold to Brazil and renamed TERCIA.
 

Deplacement: 496/550 ton
L
ength: 51,07 m.
B
eam: 8,05 m.
Draft: 3,0 m.
Engine: 2 x Woolfs steamengines 590 ihp.
Speed: 11,75 knots.
Crew: 71.
Armement: 1 x 274 mm gun
                    1 x 122 mm gun
                    2 x machine guns 
DISA (Blenda-class)

Build at: Navalyard, Karlskrona, Sweden.
21/4 1877: Launched.
6/8 1877: Commissioned.
1901: Modernized.
1915: Rebuild to a depot-ship
21/6 1925: Stricken and used as a target ship.
1927: Sunk by HMS Drottning Victoria during a shooting practice.
Deplacement: 496/550 ton
L
enght: 51,07 m
B
eam: 8,05 m
Draft: 3,0 m
Engine: 2 x Woolfs steamengine 590 ihp
Speed: 11,75 knots
Crew: 71
Armement: 1 x 274 mm gun
                    1 x 122 mm gun
                    2 x machine-guns 

URD (Urd-class)
Building yard: Kockums M.V. AB, Malmö.
Keel laid: Aug. 1877.
Launched: 5/7 1877
Commisioned: 28/10 1877.
1900: Modernized.
22/8 1913: The Swedish battleship ODEN struck and sunk the Swedish gunboat URD, during fleet manoeuvres in the Sound. The crew of the gunboat was saved. The collision occured to the westward of the Swedish Island of Hven, which lies about eight miles south of Elsinore. The URD had a displacement of 597 tons. The ODEN has a displacement of 3.434 tons. URD was later refloted and scrapped.
Deplacement: 533
Lenght over all: 53,60 m
Beam: 8,00 m
Draft: 3,00 m
Engine: 2 C-2 cyl. Woolfs system, 4 boilers, 780 ihp.
Screws: 2.
Funnels: 2.
Speed: 13 knots.
Coal storage: 110 tons
Range 1.500 miles.
Armament:
1 x 274 mm gun
                    1 x 122 mm gun
                    2 x machine guns


VERDANDE (Urd-class)

Buildingyard: Navalyard, Karlskrona.
Keel laid: April 1876
Launched: 19/10 1878
Commissioned: 24/5 1880
1907-1909: Rebuild to a hospital-ship
1922: De
mobilized

Stricken: 24/2 1928 and used as a target ship.
14/8 1929: Sunk at Huvudskar, Sweden.
Lenght: 53,64 m
B
eam: 8,05 m
D
raft: 2,82 m
Engine: 2 x Woolfs steamengines, 780 ihp.
Speed: 13,4 knots
Armament: 1 x 274 mm gun
                    1 x 122 mm gun
                    2 x machine guns 

 

SKAGUL (Urd-class)

Buildingyard: Bergsunds Mekaniska Verkstad.
Keel laid: Aug. 1877.
Launched: 12/8 1878.
Commissioned: 4/12 1878.
1905: classed as patrol vessel.
1910: Stern gun removed (122 mm gun)
Stricken: 24/2 1928 and sunk when used as a target ship.
Deplacement: 533 / 550 ton
L
enght: 53,64 m
Beam: 8,05 m
D
raft: 2,82 m
Engine: 2 x Woolfs steamengines, 780 ihp
Speed: 13,4 knots
Armament: 1 x 274 mm gun
                    1 x 122 mm gun
                    2 x machine guns 

SKULD (Urd-class)

Buildingyard: Navalyard, Karlskrona.
Launched:
4/10 1879
Commissioned: 12/9 1881
1906: All guns removed
1907-1916: Used as a test-ship for wireless comunication
1916-1928: Used as a submarine depot ship
Stricken: 11/7 1930 and laid up.
1932 - 1948: Used as a heating-central for submarines.
Deplacement: 533/550 ton
L
enght: 53,64 m
B
eam: 8,05 m
D
raft: 2,82 m
Engine: 2 x Woolfs steamengines 780 ihp
Speed: 13,4 knots
Armament: 1 x 274 mm gun
                    1 x 122 mm gun
                    2 x machine guns 


[After 1913)

SKÄGGALD (Urd-class)

Buildingyard: Bergsunds Mekaniska Verkstad.
Launched: 7/12 1878
Commissioned: 16/5 1897
1913: rebuild to a submarine depot ship and armement replaced with 4 quick firing guns.
1918: Damaged by fire.
Stricken: 25/8 1922
1923 Sold to Copenhagen to be broken up.
Deplacement: 533/550 ton
L
ength: 53,64 m
Beam: 8,05 m
D
raft: 2,82 m
Engine: 2 x Woolfs steam engines, 780 ihp
Speed: 13,4 kno
ts
Armaments: 1 x 274 mm gun
                      1 x 122 mm gun
                      2 x machine guns 

ROTA (Urd-class)

Buildingyard: Bergsunds Mekaniska Verkstad.
Launched:
3/7 1878
Commissioned: 23/10 1878
1906: Main guns removed.
1907: Rebuild to a surveying ship.
1915: Fitted with a AA-gun (M/16)
1918: Fitted with mine-rail
Stricken: 24/2 1928 and used as a target ship.
1929: Sunk by HMS Drottning Victoria during a shooting practice.
Deplacement: 533/550 ton
L
enght: 53,64 m
B
eam: 8,05 m
D
raft: 2,82 m
Engine: 2 x Woolfs steamengines, 780 ihp
Speed: 13,4 knots
Armaments: 1 x 274 mm gun
                      1 x 122 mm gun
                      2 x machine guns 


(After 1907)

EDDA (Edda-class)

Buildingyard: Navalyard, Karlskrona.
Launched:
30/11 1882
Commissioned: 13/4 1885
1907: Converted to a minelaying vessel
Stricken: 12/10 1923
1924: Scrapped
Deplacement: 613/640 ton
L
ength: 55,75 m
B
eam: 8,26 m
D
raft: 3,1 m
Engine: 2 x 2 cyl Woolfs steamengines, 960 ihp
Speed: 13,5 knots
R
ange: 1500 nm
Crew: 71 men
Armament: 1 x 274 mm gun
                   2 x 25,4 mm quadruple machine guns
                   4 x 57 mm guns (M/89B)