HMS Dristigheten

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HMS Dristigheten
Career (Sweden) Swedish Navy Ensign
Name: HMS Dristigheten
Operator: Swedish Navy
Builder: Lindholmen Shipyard, Gothenburg
Laid down: 1898
Launched: 28 April 1900
Commissioned: 5 September 1901
Out of service: 13 June 1947
General characteristics
Class and type: Dristigheten class coastal defence ship
Type: Coastal defence ship
Displacement: 3445 t
Length: 86.87 m
Beam: 14.78 m
Draft: 4.88 m
Propulsion: Steam triple-expansion, 8 boilers, 2 screws, 5400 shp
Speed: 16.5 knots
Range: 2040 Nm/10kn
Complement: 262
Crew: 427
Armament: 2 × 210 mm (2 × I)
6 × 152 mm (6 in) (6 × I)
10 × 57 mm (10 × I)
2 × 457 mm torpedo tubes
Armour: Harvey Nickel
203mm (8 in) main belt
203mm (8 in) main turrets

HMS Dristigheten was a Swedish Navy Pansarskepp. She was launched 28 April 1900. She was rebuilt as a seaplane tender shortly before World War II.


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