DREADNOUGHT

(Sverige-class)
SVERTGE (June 1910) TRE KRONOR (Mar. 1911) GÖTA LEJON (Nov. 1911)
In service 1912 - 1930

Displacement: 19 426 t light; 20 865 t standard; 21 991 t normal; 22 892 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught 541,34 ft / 541,34 ft x 91,86 ft x 24,61 ft (normal load)
165,00 m / 165,00 m x 28,00 m x 7,50 m
Complement: 902 - 1 173 Cost: £2,106 million / $8,425 million

Broadside - 8 -12", 8 - 6", 6 -2,24", 1-21" tube

Armament: 12 - 12,01" / 305 mm guns 14 - 5,98" / 152 mm guns   8 - 2,95" / 75,0 mm guns   2 - 21,0" / 533 mm submerged torpedo tubes

Armour: 11,1" / 283 mm - Belts 4,92" / 125 mm - Ends: 4,92" / 125 mm - Upper 2,76" /   70 mm - Armour deck 7,87" / 200 mm - Conning tower 11,1" / 283 mm - Gun armour: Face (max) 4,92" / 125 mm - Other gunhouse (avg) 11,1" / 283 mm - Barbette/hoist

Machinery:
Coal fired boilers, steam turbines, Direct drive, 4 shafts, 34 715 shp / 25 897 Kw = 22,00 kts
      Bunker at max displacement = 2 830 tons (100% coal),   Range 7 500nm at 10,00 kts

Notes
The Sveriges' where Sweden's first true Dreadnoughts. The units where designed at the Royal Swedish Navy Admirality Board and built by Göta Verken and Eriksberg shipyards.
All units served togheter as one squadron in the Baltic during the Great War and later in the Western seas / Atlantic. All units where stricken under the "New Scholl Act" of 1930.

Engineering Notes