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Dristigheten 1909

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Dristigheten		371	Lindholmen, Göteborg	10.1898	28.4.1900	5.9.1901	stricken 6.1947

Technical data

Data variant	as completed	1928 conversion
Displacement standard, t	---	3218
Displacement normal, t	3270
Displacement full, t	3600	3600
Length, m	86.9 wl 89.0 oa	86.9 wl 89.0 oa
Breadth, m	14.8	14.8
Draught, m	4.88 max	5.20 max
No of shafts	2	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 8 Yarrow boilers	2 VTE, 8 boilers
Power, h. p.	5400	5600
Max speed, kts	16.5	16.8
Fuel, t	coal 310	coal 310
Endurance, nm(kts)	3500(10)	3500(10)
Armour, mm	Harvey nickel steel; belt: 200 - 140, turrets: 200 - 150, barbettes: 200 - 150, casemates: 100, CT: 247, deck: 50	Harvey nickel steel; belt: 200 - 140, CT: 247, deck: 50
Armament	2 x 1 - 209/43 K/44 M1898, 6 x 1 - 152/43 K/44 M1898, 10 x 1 - 57/50 K/55 M1889B, 2 - 450 TT (beam)	4 x 1 - 75/49 K/50 M1912, 1 x 2 - 8.80, 2 x 1 - 8.90, 3 seaplanes (1 T1, 1 J4; later 3 Fairey III)
Complement	275	275

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Project history

First Swedish capital ship with only quick fire artillery.

Protection

Belt protected amidships part between fore end of fore barbette and aft end of aft barbette and was 200mm-thick abreast machinery and 140mm abreast barbettes, it was 1.48m-high. Main deck was connected by its lower end by slopes, this deck was turtleback form outside citadel.

Modernizations

(1917-18): - 2 x 1 - 57/50; + 2 x 1 - 57/50 K/55 M1889B AA.

(1927-1928, Bergsund): ship was converted to seaplane carrier, all armament was removed, a raised platform for aircraft storage and maintenance was built aft. Ship had not a catapult, seaplanes had to start from a water. Technical data was as given in the table.

1940: + 2 x 1 - 25/55 K/58 M1932

1944: - 2 x 1 - 25/55, 1 x 2 - 8.80, 2 x 1 - 8.90; + 2 x 1 - 40/56 K/60 M1932

Naval service

Dristigheten was stricken in 1947 but used as target until 1961.