HSwMS Mode (1902)

History
Sweden
Name	Mode
Builder	Yarrow, Poplar
Launched	22 July 1902
Stricken	1928
Fate	Sunk as target 1936
General characteristics
Displacement	394 long tons (400 t) tons
Length	67.08 m (220 ft 1 in)
Beam	6.20 m (20 ft 4 in)
Draught	2.67 m (8.8 ft)
Propulsion	4x Yarrow boilers; 2× 4-cyl triple expansion engines; 6,000 ihp (4,474 kW);
Speed	29 knots (33 mph; 54 km/h)
Complement	62
Armament	6 × 57 mm (2.2 in) guns; 2 × 450 mm (18-inch) torpedo tubes;

HSwMS Mode was a torpedo boat destroyer of the Royal Swedish Navy. Mode was built by the British shipbuilder Yarrow, launching in 1902, and was the first destroyer built for Sweden. She was employed on escort duties during the First World War and was sunk as a target in 1936.

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