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HMS Psilander as she run aground in 1917
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| Career
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| Name: |
HMS Psilander |
| Launched: |
25 November 1899 |
| Commissioned: |
20 July 1900 |
| Decommissioned: |
1 July 1937 |
| General characteristics
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| Type: |
Torpedo cruiser |
| Displacement: |
800 long tons (810 t) |
| Length: |
69 m (226 ft 5 in) |
| Beam: |
8.2 m (26 ft 11 in) |
| Draught: |
3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) |
| Armament: |
2 × 120 mm (4.7 in) guns, 4 × 57 mm (2.2 in) guns, 1 × 38 cm (15 in) torpedo tube |
HMS Psilander was a torpedo cruiser of the Swedish Navy. She was commissioned in July 20 1900. From 1927 until 1937 it was used for cadet training, and was sunk after being used as an artillery target in August 3 1939.She was named after the 17th century admiral Gustaf von Psilander.
sv:HMS Psilander (1899)
