HSwMS Mode (29)

	HSwMS Mode
History
Sweden
Name	Mode
Namesake	Mode
Builder	Götaverken, Gothenburg
Laid down	September 1941
Launched	11 April 1942
Commissioned	12 November 1942
Decommissioned	1 July 1970
Fate	Scrapped 1978
General characteristics
Class and type	Mode-class destroyer (1942-1953) or frigate (1953-1970)
Displacement	- 960 t (945 long tons), full load; - 750 t (740 long tons), standard displacement;
Length	256 ft (78 m)
Beam	26 ft 3 in (8.00 m)
Draught	8 ft 10 in (2.69 m)
Propulsion	2 oil fired boilers, 2 de Laval steam turbines, 16,000 shp (12,000 kW), 2 screws
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range	1,260 nmi (2,330 km; 1,450 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	100
Armament	3 × 105 mm Bofors K/50 M/42 DP guns (3×1); 2 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 guns K/60 M/36 (2×1); 2 × 20 mm Bofors K/66 M/40 (2×1); 3 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (1×3);

HSwMS Mode was a coastal destroyer of the Royal Swedish Navy, built by Götaverken and launched on 11 April 1942 as the lead of the four ship Mode class. Developed from an Italian design, the ship was capable of a wide range of roles, with depth charges to defeat submarines, torpedo tubes to attack ships and anti-aircraft guns for aerial defence, as well as mine laying capability. After serving during World War II, the ship was updated with greater anti-submarine capability and reclassified a frigate in 1953. Decommissioned on 1 July 1970, Mode subsequently operated in a training role until being scrapped in 1978.

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