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protecting the nation's trade routes and shipping fleet due to
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1172:"Scandinavian Coast Defense Ships: Part I – Sweden"
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1250:Parkes, Oscar; Prendergast, Maurice (1969).
750:. The ship was decommissioned and placed in
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1024:. No. 38094. 9 August 1906. p. 3.
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1286:Westerlund, Karl-Erik (1992).
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679:. However, complaints from a
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451:Dristigheten
450:
440:
430:launched 12
428:Swedish Navy
425:
405:
402:Swedish Navy
378:sacrilegious
357:Dristigheten
356:
351:
346:first class
334:
332:
331:
201:(4,100
138:Displacement
116:13 June 1947
105:Commissioned
68:
30:
15:
1421: /
1351:Manligheten
1344:Tapperheten
1199:(XX): 9–24.
994:Harris 1996
748:Hårsfjärden
704:Manligheten
700:sister ship
641:Lindholmens
626:rangefinder
364:in 1901 by
352:Pansarskepp
276:8 × single
248:2,000
197:5,500
141:3,840
124:Sold to be
79:Lindholmens
1442:1901 ships
1436:Categories
1409:12°19′38″E
1406:56°44′34″N
1085:1118005447
893:Fleks 1997
854:Fleks 1997
794:Falkenberg
754:in 1933.
722:. After a
720:Gothenburg
693:Karlskrona
645:Gothenburg
558:complement
554:sea trials
540:(300
528:; 20
496:was 3,840
257:Complement
212:Propulsion
83:Gothenburg
81:shipyard,
1260:907574860
1141:401825394
1021:The Times
826:Citations
790:broken up
673:champagne
653:Laid down
609:barbettes
594:torpedoes
574:amidships
538:long tons
524:(31
498:long tons
410:broken up
370:champagne
147:long tons
126:broken up
89:Laid down
1375:Oscar II
1188:44885673
1151:(2011).
669:Gustaf V
661:flagship
657:launched
366:Gustaf V
362:launched
304:Barbette
265:Armament
97:Launched
1197:Warship
752:reserve
713:Admiral
681:prelate
675:on her
587:Elswick
578:calibre
562:ratings
534:funnels
532:). Two
490:draught
476:had an
372:on her
344:Swedish
310:Turrets
178:Draught
145:(3,780
75:Builder
39:History
33:in 1944
1298:
1275:
1258:
1239:
1216:
1186:
1159:
1139:
1129:
1104:
1083:
782:hulked
740:rudder
569:Bofors
518:shafts
443:-class
438:. The
333:HSwMS
292:Armour
225:screws
158:Length
151:normal
128:, 1951
58:Sweden
1290:[
1231:[
1208:[
1184:JSTOR
1121:[
800:Notes
778:Åland
763:refit
724:refit
544:) of
522:knots
245:Range
238:knots
233:Speed
1337:Wasa
1330:Äran
1316:Äran
1296:ISBN
1273:ISBN
1256:OCLC
1237:ISBN
1214:ISBN
1157:ISBN
1137:OCLC
1127:ISBN
1102:ISBN
1081:OCLC
786:Äran
744:Äran
637:Äran
618:deck
601:belt
546:coal
526:km/h
486:beam
484:, a
474:Äran
456:Äran
441:Äran
406:Äran
335:Äran
316:Deck
298:Belt
223:2 ×
217:2 ×
170:Beam
163:w.l.
121:Fate
92:1899
69:Äran
65:Name
31:Äran
718:at
677:bow
649:SEK
530:mph
374:bow
260:285
250:nmi
236:17
199:shp
149:) (
1438::
1178:.
1174:.
1135:.
982:^
931:^
912:^
873:^
846:^
695:.
596:.
396:,
203:kW
191:8
1304:.
1281:.
1262:.
1245:.
1222:.
1190:.
1180:3
1165:.
1143:.
1110:.
1087:.
818:"
542:t
502:t
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143:t
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