HMS Fylgia

HMS Fylgia
Career (Sweden)
Name:	HMS Fylgia
Operator:	Swedish Navy
Builder:	Bergsunds Mekaniska Verkstad, Finnboda slip
Laid down:	Oct 1902
Launched:	20 December 1905
Commissioned:	21 June 1907
Out of service:	1 January 1953
Fate:	Sold for scrap in 1957
General characteristics
Type:	Cruiser
Displacement:	4,310 / 4,980 tons
Length:	117 m
Beam:	14.8 m
Draft:	6.3 m
Installed power:	I.H.P. 12,000
Propulsion:	Steam triple expansion, 2 screws
Speed:	22 knots
Range:	8000 nmi at 10 knots
Complement:	322
Armament:	Design: 8 × 152 mm/50cal. Bofors M/1903 14 × 57 mm/48cal. QF cannons M/1889 (10 in casemates) 2 × 37 mm/39cal. cannons M/1898B 2 × 45 cm torpedo tubes M/1904 Mine rails (max 100 mines) WWI: 8 × 152 mm/50cal. Bofors M/1903 10 × 57 mm/48cal. QF cannons M/1889 (6 in casemates) 2 × 57 mm/55cal. AA cannons M/1889B 2 × 37 mm/39cal. cannons M/1898B 2 × 45 cm torpedo tubes M/1904 WWII: 8 × 152 mm/50cal. Bofors M/1903 4 × 57 mm/55cal. AA cannons M/1889B 4 × 40 mm/56cal. Bofors AA M/1936 2 × 25 mm/58cal. Bofors AA M/1932 1 × 20 mm/66cal. Bofors AA M/1940 2 × 53 cm torpedo tubes 2 depth charge throwers
Armour:	Side belt 100 mm, turrets 50-125 mm, deck 22-35 mm, C.T. 100 mm.

HMS Fylgia was an armoured cruiser of the Swedish Navy. She was launched on 20 December 1905 at Finnboda slip at Nacka and was used until 1953 when she was decommissioned. Upon her commisioning, she was the smallest true armored cruiser in the world. She was commonly used as a cadet training ship following World War I. Fylgia was modernized in 1939-1940 and refitted with more modern AA weaponry and fire control systems. Her hull was sold for scrap in 1957.

References

• Borgenstam, Curt (1993) (in Swedish). Kryssare. Med svenska flottans kryssare under 75 år. Värnamo: CB Marinlitteratur. ISBN 91-970700-68.