Klas-class destroyer

	HSwMS Klas Uggla
Class overview
Name	Klas class
Builders	Kockums; Karlskrona Navy Yard;
Operators	Swedish Navy
Preceded by	Ehrensköld class
Succeeded by	Göteborg class
Built	1930–1932
In commission	1932–1958
Planned	2
Completed	2
Lost	1
Retired	1
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	1,020 long tons (1,040 t)
Length	91.0 m (298.6 ft) pp
Beam	8.9 m (29.2 ft)
Draught	3.7 m (12.1 ft) max
Propulsion	2 shaft de Laval geared turbines; 3 Penhoët boilers, 26,000 shp (19,388 kW);
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	1,600 nmi (3,000 km; 1,800 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	130
Armament	3 × single 120 mm (5 in)/46 calibre guns; 2 × 40 mm (1.6 in) Vickers cannon; 2 × triple 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes; 2 × depth charge throwers; 20 naval mines;

The Klas class, also referred to as the Klas Horn class, was a pair of destroyers in service with the Swedish Navy from 1932 to 1958. They are sometimes considered part of the preceding Ehrensköld-class destroyers. Two ships in the class was constructed between 1930 and 1932, HSwMS Klas Uggla and HSwMS Klas Horn. The ships were involved in the Hårsfjärden disaster in 1941, in which both ships were damaged. Klas Uggla was raised but decommissioned, Klas Horn was repaired and continued to serve in the navy until 1958.

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