List of ships of the line of the Royal Swedish Navy
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This is a list of Swedish sail battleships of the period 1550-1859:
Armament could vary over time.
- Elefant 65 (c. 1557) - Wrecked 1564
- Finska Svan 82
- Svenska Hektor 87 (c. 1559) - Discarded 1590?
- St Christopher 58
- Engel 49
- St Erik 90 (c. 1560) - Discarded 1585?
- Mars (also known as Makalös and Jutehatar) 173 (c. 1563) - Burnt 1564
- Enhörning 41
- Stockholms Hjort 53
- Förgylta Dufva 48
- Hjort 50
- Röda Hund 44
- Bramare 46
- Lilla Svan 50
- Lilia 44
- Lilla Hjort 40
- ? 44 (ex-Livonian Roda Hund, captured 1563)
- ? 40 (ex-Livonian Bruna Lejon, captured 1563)
- ? 37 (ex-Livonian Roda Grippa, captured 1563)
- Skotska Pincka 56 (ex-Danish Skotske Pink, captured 1564) - Captured by Denmark 1569
- Hector 38 (ex-Danish) - Sunk
- Svenska Morian 54
- Tranheje 75
- Bruna Lejon 45
- Memnon 46
- Jonas von Emden 45
- Hollands Galej 43
- Kalmar Bark 48
- Röda Drake 100 (c. 1570) - Discarded 1592?
- Roda Lejon 40 - Wrecked 1572
- Finska Memnon 46 - Condemned c. 1574
- Trekronor 39 (ex-Danish Vite Örn, captured while building c. 1598) - Discarded c. 1625
- Vasa 50 (c. 1600) - Discarded 1623?
- Äpplet 50 (c. 1603)
- Äpplet 74 (c. 1622) - Sold back to builders 1625
- Äpplet 66 (c. 1628) - Sunk 1659 (same as previous??)
- Kristina 36 - Wrecked 1628
- Jupiter 50 (c. 1633) - Sold to France 1647
- Mars 44 (c. 1633) - BU 1660
- Krona Ark 68 (c. 1633) - Sunk 1675
- Göta Ark 72 (c. 1634) - BU 1658
- Scepter 58 (c. 1636) - Sunk 1675
- Patentia 48 (c. 1616, ex-Danish Patientia 49, captured 1644)
- Oldenburg 42 (c. 1628, ex-Danish Oldenborg 32, captured 1644) - Condemned 1660
- Tre Lejon 46 (c. 1642, ex-Danish Tre Lover 38, captured 1644) - Sunk 1667
- Andromeda 44 - Wrecked 1654/55
- Vestervik 44 (bought 1647) - Burnt 1676
- Cesar 54 (c. 1648) - Captured by Denmark 1677 and renamed Julius Caezar
- Maria 54 (c. 1648) - Condemned 1677
- Sankt Anna 46 (c. 1649) - Given to France 1650
- Wismar 44 (c. 1649) - Given away 1692
- Herkules 58 (c. 1651) - Rebuilt 1689-90, sunk 1710
- Carolus 54 (c. 1651) - Renamed Carolus X 1678, sunk 1692?
- Merkurius 46 (c. 1652) - Renamed Falk 40 c. 1670, captured by Denmark 1675 and renamed Svenske Falk
- Falk 46 (c. 1652) - Sold to Portugal c. 1670
- Amarant 46 (c. 1653) - Captured by Denmark 1677 and renamed Amirante
- Apollo 46 (bought 1654) - Sunk 1677
- Drake 64 (c. 1655) - Captured by Denmark 1677 and renamed Drage
- Mane 46 (bought 1655) - Sunk 1698
- Göteborg 48 (c. 1656) - Condemned 1681
- Viktoria 74 (c. 1658) - Sunk 1688?
- Pelikan 40 (ex-Danish Pelikan 36, captured 1658) - Captured by the Netherlands 1658
- ? (ex-Danish Delmenhorst 44, captured 1658)
- Ulven 44 (c. 1642, ex-Danish Graa Ulv 36, captured 1659) - Sunk 1670
- Fenix (c. 1650, ex-Danish Foniks 40, captured 1659) - Pram 1679
- Andromeda 52 (c. 1659) - Hulk 1692
- Monikendam 42 (c. 1640, ex-Dutch Monnikendam 28, captured 1659) - Lighter 1676
- Äpple 90 (c. 1661) - Wrecked 1676
- Svärd 90 (c. 1662) - Burnt 1676
- Saturnus 66 (c. 1662) - Renamed Bahus/Bohus 74 1687, sunk 1707
- Wrangel 64 (c. 1664) - BU 1722
- Nyckel 84 (c. 1665) - Burnt 1679
- Jupiter 70 (c. 1666) - Renamed Uppland 1689, sunk 1710
- Spes 48 (c. 1666) - Wrecked 1697
- Mars 70 (c. 1667) - Captured by Denmark 1677
- Sol 70 (c. 1667) - Sunk 1694
- Venus 68 (c. 1667) - Renamed Finland 1685, sunk 1706
- Krona 128 (c. 1668) - Capsized and exploded, 1676
- Svenska Lejon 40/52 - Captured by Denmark 1677 and renamed Svenske Løve
- Wismar 58
- Merkurius 68 (c. 1671) - Captured by the Netherlands 1677
- Neptunus 44 (c. 1673) - Captured by Denmark 1676
- (Sankt) Hieronymus 70 (bought 1675) - Captured by the Netherlands and given to Denmark, 1677
- Wrangels Pallats 44 (hired 1675) - Captured by Denmark 1677
- Lax 50 (c. 1677) - Captured by Denmark 1679
- Kalmar 62 (c. 1677) - Burnt 1677
- Carolus XI 82
- Carolus IX 82 (c. 1678) - Renamed Sverige 1683, renamed Wenden 1684, renamed Prins Karl 1694, renamed Sverige 1694, sank 1724, BU 1733
- Drottning Ulrika 80
- Gota 76
- Drottning Hedvig Eleanora 70 (c. 1680) - Renamed Sverige 1694, renamed Småland 1694, BU 1729
- Karlskrona 70
- Wrangel 70
- Upland 70
- Hercules 62
- Drottning Ulrika Eleanora 70 (c. 1680) - Renamed Prinzessin Ulrika Eleanora 1692, renamed Victoria 1694, sunk 1714
- Öland 56 (c. 1681) - Wrecked 1704/06
- Wachtmeister 56 (c. 1681) - Captured by Russia 1719
- Prins Carl 76 (c. 1682) - Sunk 1710
- Halland 56 (c. 1682) - Sunk 1722
- Gotland 56 (c. 1682) - BU 1730
- Lifland 56 (c. 1682) - Sunk 1726
- Bleking 70 (c. 1682) - Sunk 1713
- Estland 56 (c. 1683) - Sunk 1733
- Osel 56 (c. 1683) - BU 1718
- Konung Karl 90 (c. 1683) - Renamed Drottning Hedvig Eleonora 1694, sunk 1712
- Carolus IX 56
- Mane 42
- Carolus 110
- Princessa Hedvig 80
- Wenden 72
- Viktoria 80 (c. 1690) - Renamed Prinsessa Ulrika 1694, aground and burnt, 1710
- Pommern 56 (c. 1692) - BU 1770
- Drottning Ulrika Eleanora 75 (c. 1692) - Renamed Wenden 1694, renamed Prinsessa Hedvig Sophia 1694, captured by Denmark and burnt, 1715 (duplicate of above?)
- Södermanland 56 (c. 1693) - Captured by Denmark 1715 and renamed Sydermanland
- Kalmar 46 (c. 1695) - Scuttled 1719
- Stettin 46 (c. 1695) - Scuttled 1719
- Enighet 94 (c. 1696) - Rearmed to 66 guns 1730, renamed Konung Fredrik 1732, BU 1785
- Westmanland 62 (c. 1696) - Rebuilt 1727, BU 1778
- Goteborg 48 (c. 1696) - Captured by Denmark 1715
- Skåne 64 (c. 1697) - Rebuilt 1728, BU 1768
- Wrede 52 (c. 1697) - Lost at sea 1711
- Frederika Amalia 62 (c. 1698) - Rebuilt 1747, BU 1776
- Norrkoping 52 (c. 1698) - Wrecked 1708
- Wismar 46
- Warberg 42 - Captured by Denmark 1719
- Elfsborg 42
- Götha Lejon 90 (c. 1702) - Discarded 1745?
- Nordstjerna 76 (c. 1703) - Captured by Denmark 1715 and renamed Nordstjern
- Prins Carl Fredrik 72 (c. 1704) - Discarded 1797?
- Bremen 64 (c. 1705) - Discarded 1781?
- Öland 50 (c. 1705) - Wrecked 1742
- Tre Kroner 86 (c. 1706) - Aground and burnt, 1710
- Werden 54 (c. 1706) - Discarded 1754?
- Riga 54 (c. 1708) - Blew up 1717
- Stockholm 68 (c. 1708) - Discarded 1781?
- Fredrika/Prinsessa Fredrika von Hessen 52 - Scuttled, captured by Denmark and refloated, 1719
- Halmstad 54 - Scuttled 1719
- Prins Carl 90
- Kronskepp (c. 1710, ex-Russian, captured 1713/14 on delivery voyage, ex-French Le Beau Parterre, ex-Dutch Schonauwen, captured 1711) - Discarded 1722?
- Ulrika Eleonora 84 (c. 1719) - Discarded 1765?
- Greve Sparre 52 (c. 1724)
- (Prinsesse) Sophia Charlotta 60 (c. 1725)
- Fred 42 (c. 1730)
- Frihet 66 (c. 1731)
- Drottningholm 42 (c. 1731)
- Hessen Cassel 64 (c. 1731) - Renamed Hertig Ferdinand 1779
- Enighet 70 (c. 1732) - Burnt 1790
- Sverige 80 (c. 1734) - Wrecked 1738 during transfer to Turkey
- Prins Wilhelm 54
- Finland 60/64 (c. 1735) - Captured by Russia 3-7-1790
- (Konung) Adolf Fredrik 62 (c. 1744) - Renamed Riksens Stander/Riketsständer 1770, aground and burnt, 13-5-1790
- (Greve) Sparre 54 (c. 1748)
- Uppland 50 (c. 1749) - Captured by Russia 3-7-1790
- Södermanland 50 (c. 1749) - Renamed Gripen, discarded 1810?
- Gotha 66
- Fredrik Rex 62
- Prins Carl 64 (c. 1758) - Captured by Russia 13-5-1790
- Prins Gustaf 70 (c. 1758) - Captured by Russia 1788
- (Prinsessin) Sophia Albertina 60/72/74/80 (c. 1764) - Wrecked in storm ~20-8-1781
- (Dronning) Sofia Magdalena 74 (c. 1774) - Captured by Russia 3-7-1790
- (Prins) Fredrik Adolph 62 (1774) - BU 1825
- (Konung) Adolph Fredrik 70 (1775) - BU 1825
- (Konung) Gustaf III 70 (1777) - BU 1825
- Wasa class
- Wasa 60 (1778) - BU 1827
- Hedvig Elisabet Charlotta 60 (c. 1781) - Captured by Russia 3-7-1790
- Kronprins Gustaf Adolph class (improved Wasa class)
- Kronprins Gustaf Adolph 62 (1782) - Captured by Russia 17-7-1788 and renamed Prints Gustav, lost at sea 1797
- Fadnerslandet 62 (1783) - BU 1864
- Ömheten 62 (1783) - Captured by Russia 3-7-1790
- Rättvisan 62 (1783) - Captured by Russia 3-7-1790, captured by Britain ~1808
- Dygd 62 (1784) - Internal explosion and fire 1793
- Äran 62 (1784) - Rebuilt as frigate Göteborg 1839, sold 1874
- Forsiktigheten 62 (1784) - BU 1825
- Dristigheten 62 (1785) - BU 1869
- Manligheten 62 (1785) - BU 1864
- Tapperheten 62 (1785) - To Gran Colombia as Bolivar 1825, sold at auction -9-1826, to Portugal by 1848
- Wladislaff 74 (ex-Russian Vladislav, captured 17-7-1788) - Discarded 1819?
- Louisa Ulrika 72 (c. 1789) - Ex-East Indiaman. Captured by Russia 1790
- Konung Gustaf IV 74 (1799) - Renamed Gustaf den Store 1809, renamed Försiktigheten 1825
- Carl XIII 84 (c. 1819)
- Karl XIV Johan 84 (1824) - Rearmed to 68
- Prins Oscar 76 (c. 1830)
- Gustav den Store 76 (c. 1832)
- Stockholm 66 (1856)
Sources
- Naval Wars of the Baltic, 1522-1850 (1969) - R. C. Anderson - ISBN 0902476009
- A. F. Chapman (1989) - Daniel G. Harris - ISBN 0-85177-486-5