SHIP OF THE LINE

DRISTIGHETEN (Jan. 1906) TAPPERHETEN (Sept. 1906) FÖRSIKTIGHETEN (canceled) MANLIGHETEN (canceled)
In service 1908 - 1922

Displacement: 12 942 t light; 13 688 t standard; 14 507 t normal; 15 162 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
(416,67 ft / 410,11 ft) x 85,30 ft x (22,97 / 23,84 ft)
    (127,00 m / 125,00 m) x 26,00 m  x (7,00 / 7,27 m)
Complement:    660 - 859
Cost:    £1,310 million / $5,238 million

Broadside - 4 -12", 3 - 8.27", 4 -4,13", 1-18" tube

Armament:   4 - 10,82" / 275 mm guns   6 - 8,27" / 210 mm guns   8 - 4,13"/ 105 mm guns   2 - 18,0" / 457 mm submerged torpedo tubes

Armour: 11,00" / 280 mm - Belts   7,87" / 200 mm - Ends:   7,87" / 200 mm - Upper   1,97" /   50 mm - Armour deck 10,00" / 254 mm - Conning tower 11,80" / 300 mm - Gun armour: Face (max)   6,89" / 175 mm - Other gunhouse (avg) 11,80" / 300 mm - Barbette/hoist

Machinery:
     Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines, Direct drive, 4 shafts, 17 865 ihp / 13 327 Kw = 19,00 kts
    Range 5 000nm at 10,00 kts
    Bunker at max displacement = 1 474 tons (100% coal)

Notes
The Drisitgheten was Sweden's only semidrednought. Construction on all the others where halted when news of the HMS Dreadnought arrived.
Only the Tapperheten was completed but to another design. Her main armament was reduced to only 210mm guns and she was re classed an armored cruiser.
The Dristigheten served in the Baltic fleet until released by the Sverige class  1912. She then went on serving as flagship for the coastal  divisions.
She was whit drawn to reserve status in 1919 .  She served as an accommodation and training ship in the the reserve fleet until 1947 when it was intended to scrap her.
But once again she was needed as an artillery training ship, a role which she served until 1955.
She was finally retired in 1955 and preserved at the Royal Swedish Navy memorial park in Stockholm and as the worlds only preserved semi-dreadnought.

Engineering Notes