AIRCRAFT CARRIER

HEDVIG ELEONORA (June 1926) 
In service 1930 -  1945

Displacement: 25 989 t light; 26 810 t standard; 29 979 t normal; 32 514 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
    656,17 ft / 656,17 ft x 85,30 ft (Bulges 98,43 ft) x 26,25 ft (normal load)
    200,00 m / 200,00 m x 26,00 m (Bulges 30,00 m)  x 8,00 m

Complement:    1 138 - 1 480  Cost:    £4,850 million / $19,401 million

Armament:    8 - 4,1" / 105 mm gun  12 - 2,24" / 57,0 mm guns  20 - 1" / 25,0 mm guns

Armor: 1,97" / 50 mm - Belts 1,0" / 25 mm - Ends: 1,0" / 25 mm - Upper 0,4" / 10 mm - Armour deck 1,97" / 50-mm - Conning tower 0,8" / 20 mm - Gun armour: Face (max) 0,2" / 5 mm - Other gunhouse (avg) 0,2" / 5 mm - Barbette/hoist

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,     Geared drive, 4 shafts, 104 760 shp / 78 151 Kw = 28,00 kts
    Range 14 500nm at 14,00 kts (Bunkerage = 5 704 tons)

 Aircraft

	18x J8 Grumman F3F 1936-42		12x T4 Levasseur PL.108 1936-43
	12x B5 Northrop 8A1 1938-43		22x J12 Gloster F5/34 1942-44
	12x B17 SAAB 17 1943-45		12x T17 SAAb 17 1943-45
	22x J23 Grumman F6F Hellcat 1944-45

Notes
The HMS Hedvig Eleonora, the RSwN first true aircraftcarrier. She as laid down as a luxury liner for the Swedish-America Line in 1928 but when the depression struck the company couldn't afford her so she was bought by the navy on the slips.

The navy had wanted a carrier for long and now they got the chance to build one to practice on before ordering a true carrier. She as used for the first five years a training carrier, working up diffrent aircraft and tactics. In 1938 she got her first true airwing. She served most of her active time in the pacific war, before being scuttle after several hits by kamikazes at battle of Okinawa.
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Engineering Notes