HSwMS Claes Uggla

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Claes Uggla as she ran aground in 1917
History
Sweden
NameClaes Uggla
Launched9 December 1899
Commissioned28 November 1900
FateWrecked, 22 June 1917
Badge
General characteristics
TypeTorpedo cruiser
Displacement800 long tons (810 t)
Length70.71 m (232 ft) (
o/a
)
Beam8.3 m (27 ft 3 in)
Draught3 m (9 ft 10 in)
Armament
  • 2 × single 120 mm (4.7 in) guns
  • 4 × single 57 mm (2.2 in) guns
  • 1 × 38 cm (15 in) torpedo tube

HSwMS Claes Uggla was a

ran aground
and sank on 22 June 1917.

Description

Claes Uggla had an

kW) which gave her a speed of 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph). Claes Uggla carried up to 100 long tons (100 t) of coal and had a complement of 99 officers and ratings.[1]

Citations

  1. ^ Campbell, p. 362

Bibliography

  • Roberts, John (1979). "Sweden". In Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M. (eds.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 360–363. .