HSwMS Ehrensköld (11)

HSwMS Ehrensköld
History
Sweden
Name: Ehrensköld
Builder: Götaverken, Gothenburg
Laid down: 1924
Launched: 25 September 1926
Commissioned: September 1927
Identification: 11
General characteristics [1]
Type: Destroyer
Displacement: 974 long tons (990 t) standard
Length:
  • 89 m (292 ft 0 in) pp.
  • 300 ft (91 m) o/a[2]
Beam: 8.88 m (29 ft 2 in)
Draught: 3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)
Propulsion:
  • 2 shaft,
  • 2× de Laval geared steam turbines,
  • 3 Penhoët boilers
  • 3,400 shp (2,500 kW)
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
Armament:

HSwMS Ehrensköld (11), was the lead ship of her class of destroyer in the Swedish Navy during World War II.

References

  1. Whitley 2000, p. 249.
  2. Parkes 1931, p. 435.



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