HSwMS Gustaf V

HSwMS Gustaf V
History
Sweden
Name	HSwMS Gustaf V
Namesake	Gustaf V of Sweden
Builder	Kockums Mekaniska Verkstad, Malmö
Laid down	Spring 1915
Launched	15 September 1917
Commissioned	12 December 1922
Decommissioned	22 March 1957
Fate	Scrapped, 1970
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) (o/a)
Beam	18.63 m (61 ft 1 in)
Draught	6.25 m (20 ft 6 in)
Installed power	22,000 shp (16,000 kW) 12 Yarrow boilers
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines;
Speed	23.2 knots (43.0 km/h; 26.7 mph)
Range	3,280 nmi (6,070 km; 3,770 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Crew	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 (6×1) 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)

HSwMS Gustaf V,^[a] in Swedish HM Pansarskepp Gustaf V (His Majesty's Armoured Ship Gustaf V) was a Sverige-class coastal defence ship of the Swedish Navy.^[1] The vessel was the third and last ship in the Sverige class along with HSwMS Sverige and HSwMS Drottning Victoria. Gustaf V was launched on 15 September 1917 at Kockums in Malmö and delivered to the Navy on 9 January 1922. The design consisted of four 28 cm cannon and a secondary armament of eight 15.2 cm cannon. During the interwar period, the ship underwent several modernizations and was one of the most powerful vessels in the fleet during the Second World War. The ship was put in reserve in 1948, was decommissioned in 1957 and was later sold for scrapping in Karlskrona. However, the ship remained at Berga Academy of War as of 1968. Two of the ship's 15.2 cm guns are preserved in the battery at Häggmansberget [sv] in the defensive Kalix Line, around Kalix.

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