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Fylgia 1907

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Fylgia			Finnboda, Stockholm Bergsund	10.1903	21.12.1905	21.6.1907	stricken 1.1953

Technical data

Data variant	as completed	1941 modernization
Displacement standard, t	---	4240
Displacement normal, t	4310
Displacement full, t	4734	4980
Length, m	115.1 wl	115.1 wl 117.3 oa
Breadth, m	14.8	14.8
Draught, m	6.30 max	6.10 max
No of shafts	2	2
Machinery	2 4-cyl. VTE, 12 Yarrow boilers	2 4-cyl. VTE, 4 Penhoët boilers
Power, h. p.	12000	13000
Max speed, kts	21.5	23.5
Fuel, t	coal 850	oil 500
Endurance, nm(kts)		5770(10)
Armour, mm	belt: 100, deck: 35 - 22 with 50mm slopes, turrets: 125 (face) - 50, ammunition hosts: 100, CT: 100	belt: 100, deck: 35 - 22 with 50mm slopes, turrets: 125 (face) - 50, ammunition hosts: 100, CT: 100
Armament	4 x 2 - 152/49 K/50 M1903, 14 x 1 - 57/50 K/55 M1889B, 2 - 450 TT (beam)	4 x 2 - 152/49 K/50 M03, 4 x 1 - 57/50 K/55 M89B, 2 x 2 - 40/56 K/60 M32, 1 x 2 - 25/55 K/58 M32, 1 x 1 - 20/63 K/66 M40, 2 x 1 - 533 TT, 2 DCR
Complement	320	322

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Project history

Fylgia became the first rigorous cruiser of Swedish Navy. According to management plans this ship should play a role of a scout at the main forces, and also of leader of torpedo boat flotillas in torpedo attacks. Swedish designers have not gone on a way of loan of foreign experience as in a case with destroyers and torpedo boats and have prepared own original enough design for time. Its main feature became an arrangement of all main artillery in twin turrets and armoured belt protecting boiler and engine rooms. So Fylgia was one of the smallest armoured cruisers in the world. The order has been given out 14.10.1902. As a whole Swedes valued the ship as successful despite mediocre 21.5kts.

Protection

 100mm belt protected machinery spaces, its lower edge was connected by 50mm main deck slopes, flat part of main deck had 22mm thickness behind the belt. Main deck outside citadel had 35mm thickness and turtleback form. Turrets had 125mm faces and 50mm sides. Ammunition hoists had 100mm protection.

Modernizations

(1939-1941, Oscarshamn SYd): ship was rebuilt as TS. Boilers were replaced by 4 Penhoët oil-burning, boiler room No1 was rebuilt as accommodations for cadets, funnel No1 was removed, other funnels were shortened. Fwd superstructure was redesigned, bow received cruiser stem, length of the ship increased. Armament was modernized. Data was as given in the table.

Naval service

Fylgia was used as target after being stricken until 1957.