HSwMS Gustav V

History
Sweden
Name:	HMS Gustav V
Operator:	Swedish Navy
Builder:	Kockums Mekaniska Verkstad, Malmö
Laid down:	December 1914
Launched:	31 January 1918
Commissioned:	12 December 1922
Out of service:	22 March 1957
Fate:	Scrapped 1970
General characteristics
Class & type:	Sverige class coastal defence ship
Type:	Coastal defence ship
Displacement:	6,842 t standard; 7,663 t full load
Length:	120.9 m waterline 121.6 m overall
Beam:	18.63 m
Draft:	6.25 m
Propulsion:	12 Yarrow boilers; 2 Motala-Westinghouse geared turbines; 2 three-blade propellers 22,000 hp = 23.2 knots (43.0 km/h) trials
Speed:	23 knots
Range:	3280 nautical miles @ 14 knots (26 km/h)
Crew:	427
Armament:	4 × Bofors 283 mm gun M/1912 (2×2) 8 × 152 mm/50cal. Bofors QF M/1912 (1×2, 6×1) 4 × 75 mm/53cal. Bofors QF M/1912 (4×1) 2 × 75 mm/53cal. Bofors AA M/1915 (2×1) 2 × 57 mm/21,3cal. Bofors M/1916 (2×1) 2 × 6,5 mm/92,3cal. 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/50cal. Bofors QF M/1912 (6×1) 4 × 75 mm/60cal. Bofors AA M/1928 (2×2) 6 × 40 mm/56cal. Bofors AA M/1936 (3×2) 4 × 25 mm/58cal. Bofors AA M/1932 (2×2) 3 × 20 mm/66cal. Bofors AA M/1940 (3×1) 4 × 8 mm/75,8cal. AA MG M/1936 (2×2)
Armour:	Belt 200 mm Artillery 200 mm Citadel 100 mm Deck 18-28 mm

HMS Gustav V was a Sverige-class coastal defence ship (Pansarskepp) of the Swedish navy.

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