HSwMS Drottning Victoria

HSwMS Drottning Victoria was a Sverige-class coastal defence ship (Pansarskepp) for the Royal Swedish Navy in the 1910s.

HSwMS Drottning Victoria under way
History
Sweden
Name	HSwMS Drottning Victoria
Namesake	Victoria of Baden
Builder	Götaverken, Gothenburg
Laid down	July 1915
Launched	15 September 1917
Commissioned	12 March 1921
Decommissioned	22 March 1957
Fate	Scrapped 1959
General characteristics
Class and type	Sverige-class coastal defence ship
Displacement	6,842 t standard; 7,663 t full load
Length	120.9 m (396 ft 8 in) waterline 121.6 m (398 ft 11 in) overall
Beam	18.63 m (61 ft 1 in)
Draught	6.25 m (20 ft 6 in)
Propulsion	12 Yarrow boilers; 2 Motala-Westinghouse geared turbines; 2 three-blade propellers 22,000 hp (16,000 kW)
Speed	23.2 kn (43.0 km/h; 26.7 mph)
Range	3,280 nmi (6,070 km; 3,770 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	427
Armament	4 × Bofors 283 mm gun M/1912 (2×2) 8 × 152 mm/50 cal. Bofors QF M/1912 (1×2, 6×1) 4 × 75 mm/53 cal. Bofors QF M/1912 (4×1) 2 × 75 mm/53 cal. Bofors AA M/1915 (2×1) 2 × 57 mm/21.3 cal. Bofors M/1916 (2×1) 2 × 6.5 mm/92.3 cal. MG M/1914 (2×1) 2 × 45 cm torpedo tubes M/1914 (2×1) WWII: 4 × Bofors 283 mm gun M/1912 (2×2) 6 × 152 mm/50 cal. Bofors QF M/1912 (1×2, 4×1) 4 × 75 mm/60 cal. Bofors AA M/1928 (2×2) 6 × 40 mm/56 cal. Bofors AA M/1936 (3×2) 4 × 25 mm/58 cal. Bofors AA M/1932 (2×2) 3 × 20 mm/66 cal. Bofors AA M/1940 (3×1) 4 × 8 mm/75.8 cal. AA MG M/1936 (2×2)
Armour	Belt 200 mm (8 in) Turrets 200 mm (8 in) Citadel 100 mm (4 in) Deck 18–28 mm (1–1 in)

Notable commanders of the ship include Gösta Ehrensvärd between 1932 and 1933, Yngve Ekstrand in 1936 and 1937 and Stig H:son Ericson during 1942 and part of 1943.