HSwMS Gustav V

History
Sweden
Name:	HSwMS Gustav V
Builder:	Kockums Mekaniska Verkstad, Malmö
Laid down:	December 1914
Launched:	31 January 1918
Commissioned:	12 December 1922
Decommissioned:	22 March 1957
Fate:	Scrapped 1970
General characteristics
Class and type:	Sverige-class coastal defence ship
Displacement:	6,842 t standard; 7,663 t full load
Length:	120.9 m (396 ft 8 in) waterline 121.6 m (398 ft 11 in) overall
Beam:	18.63 m (61 ft 1 in)
Draught:	6.25 m (20 ft 6 in)
Propulsion:	12 Yarrow boilers; 2 Motala-Westinghouse geared turbines; 2 three-blade propellers 22,000 hp (16,000 kW)
Speed:	23.2 kn (43.0 km/h; 26.7 mph)
Range:	3,280 nmi (6,070 km; 3,770 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Crew:	427
Armament:	4 × Bofors 283 mm gun M/1912 (2×2) 8 × 152 mm/50 cal. Bofors QF M/1912 (1×2, 6×1) 4 × 75 mm/53 cal. Bofors QF M/1912 (4×1) 2 × 75 mm/53 cal. Bofors AA M/1915 (2×1) 2 × 57 mm/21.3 cal. Bofors M/1916 (2×1) 2 × 6.5 mm/92.3 cal. MG M/1914 (2×1) 2 × 45 cm torpedo tubes M/1914 (2×1) WWII: 4 × Bofors 283 mm gun M/1912 (2×2) 6 × 152 mm/50 cal. Bofors QF M/1912 (6×1) 4 × 75 mm/60 cal. Bofors AA M/1928 (2×2) 6 × 40 mm/56 cal. Bofors AA M/1936 (3×2) 4 × 25 mm/58 cal. Bofors AA M/1932 (2×2) 3 × 20 mm/66 cal. Bofors AA M/1940 (3×1) 4 × 8 mm/75.8 cal. AA MG M/1936 (2×2)
Armour:	Belt 200 mm (8 in) Turrets 200 mm (8 in) Citadel 100 mm (4 in) Deck 18–28 mm (1–1 in)

HSwMS Gustav V was a Sverige-class coastal defence ship (Pansarskepp) of the Swedish Navy.^[1]

References

1. Christopher Eger (April 10, 2013). "Warship Wednesday, April 10 The Last Swedish Parsnip!". Last Stand on Zombie Island. Retrieved January 9, 2016.

External links

Media related to HMS Gustav V (ship, 1918) at Wikimedia Commons