HSwMS Sverige

Svierge
History
Sweden
Name	Sverige
Namesake	Sweden
Builder	Götaverken, Gothenburg
Laid down	12 December 1912
Launched	3 May 1915
Commissioned	14 May 1917
Decommissioned	30 January 1953
Fate	Scrapped, 1958
General characteristics
Class and type	Sverige-class coastal defence ship
Displacement	6,852 t (6,744 long tons) (standard)
Length	119.72 m (392 ft 9 in) (o/a)
Beam	18.63 m (61 ft 1 in)
Draught	6.25 m (20 ft 6 in) (deep load)
Installed power	12 × Yarrow boilers 20,000 shp (15,000 kW)
Propulsion	4 × shafts; 4 × steam turbines
Speed	22.5 knots (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph)
Range	2,720 nmi (5,040 km; 3,130 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	443
Armament	As built: 2 × twin 283 mm (11.1 in) guns 1 × twin, 6 × single 152 mm (6 in) guns 4 × single 75 mm (3 in) guns 2 × single 75 mm AA guns 2 × 45 cm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes During WWII: 2 × twin 283 mm guns 1 × twin; 4 × single 152 mm guns 2 × twin 75 mm AA guns 3 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns 2 × twin 25 mm (1 in) AA guns 3 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) AA guns
Armour	Waterline belt: 200 mm (7.9 in) Deck: 18–28 mm (0.7–1.1 in) Main-gun turrets: 200 mm (7.9 in) Citadel: 100 mm (3.9 in)

HSwMS Sverige was a Sverige-class coastal defence ship (Pansarskepp) commissioned by Sweden during the last year of the First World War. The ship cost approximately 12 million kronor, a sum raised entirely by public donations. The fundraising was done because of the Karl Staaff government's reluctance to spend money on a new battleship. In addition to its impressive cost, the ship also had a significant impact on the Swedish Navy and its capabilities.