Ehrensköld-class destroyer

The Ehrensköld class was the first "modern" class of destroyer built by the Swedish Navy after the First World War. It introduced several new features, mainly heavy armament in three 12 cm guns and the new 53 cm torpedo. The class included two vessels, Ehrensköld and Nordenskjöld, which were both launched in 1926 and entered service in 1927. They patrolled the Baltic Sea until 1963, after which they became target vessels. Nordenskjöld was scrapped in 1964 and Ehrensköld in 1974.

Class overview
HSwMS Ehrensköld
Name	Ehrensköld class
Operators	Swedish Navy
Preceded by	Wrangel class
Succeeded by	Klas class
Built	1924–1927
In commission	1927–1963
Completed	2
Scrapped	2
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	974 long tons (990 t) standard
Length	89 m (292 ft 0 in) pp. 91 m (300 ft) o/a
Beam	8.88 m (29 ft 2 in)
Draught	3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)
Propulsion	2 shaft, 2× de Laval geared steam turbines, 3 Penhoët boilers 34,000 shp (25,000 kW)
Speed	36 kn (41 mph; 67 km/h)
Range	1,600 nmi (1,800 mi; 3,000 km) at 16 kn (18 mph; 30 km/h)
Complement	120
Armament	3× Bofors M24 120 mm (4.7 in) guns 2× Vickers 40 mm anti-aircraft guns 6× 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (2 × 3)

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