Klas Horn 1940
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Klas Horn | 3 | Kockums, Malmö | 1929 | 13/6/1931 | 9/1932 | stricken 8/1958 |
| Klas Uggla | 4 | Örlogsvarvet Karlskrona | 1929 | 18/6/1931 | 8/1932 | sunk 17/9/1941 |
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Displacement standard, t |
1004 |
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Displacement full, t |
~1190 |
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Length, m |
91.0 pp 92.4 oa |
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Breadth, m |
8.90 |
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Draught, m |
3.70 max |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
de Laval geared steam turbines, 3 Penhoët boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
26000 |
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Max speed, kn |
37 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 170 |
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Armament |
3 x 1 - 120/45 M24B, 2 x 1 - 40/39 M22, 2 x 3 - 533 TT, 2 DCT, 2 DCR, 20 mines |
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Complement |
119 |
Ship project history: Development of Ehrensköld class, the order for building was given out in 1928. They were differed by more powerful machinery, insignificant increased hull length and TTs of new model.
Modernizations: mid-1930s, both: - 2 x 1 - 40/39; + 2 x 1 - 40/56 M32
1939, both: new boilers were installed; - 2 x 1 - 40/56; + 2 x 2 - 25/58 M32
(1950-1951), both: were armed with 1 x 1 - 120/45 M24C, 2 x 2 - 40/56 M36, 1 x 1 - 20/66 M40, 8 DCT
Naval service: Both ships were lost 17/9/1941 in Haarsfjärden naval base near Stockholm as a result of explosion on destroyer Klas Uggla and subsequent fire. Klas Horn subsequently was salvaged and after repair was commissioned in December, 1943.
Klas Uggla 1932
© Ivan Gogin, 2010