HSwMS Ehrensköld (11)

History
HSwMS Ehrensköld
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:	3× Bofors M24 120 mm (4.7 in) guns 2× Vickers 40 mm anti-aircraft guns 6× 53 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes (2 × 3)

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

References

↑ Whitley 2000, p. 249.
↑ Parkes 1931, p. 435.

Ehrensköld-class destroyers

Ehrensköld Nordenskjöld

List of destroyers of the Swedish Navy

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