HSwMS Ehrensköld (11)

	HSwMS Ehrensköld
History
Sweden
Name	Ehrensköld
Namesake	Admiral Nils Ehrenschiöld
Builder	Kockums, Malmö
Laid down	1924
Launched	25 September 1926
Commissioned	14 September 1927
Decommissioned	1 April 1963
Identification	11, 1, 71
Fate	Scrapped 1973
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	974 long tons (990 t) standard
Length	89 m (292 ft 0 in) pp.; 91.4 m (300 ft) o/a;
Beam	8.88 m (29 ft 2 in)
Draught	3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)
Propulsion	2 shaft,; 2× de Laval geared steam turbines,; 3 Penhoët boilers; 34,000 shp (25,000 kW);
Speed	36 kn (41 mph; 67 km/h)
Range	1,600 nmi (1,800 mi; 3,000 km) at 16 kn (18 mph; 30 km/h)
Complement	120
Armament	3× Bofors M24 120 mm (4.7 in) guns; 2× Vickers 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; 6× 53 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes (2 × 3);

HSwMS Ehrensköld (11), was the lead ship of her class of destroyer in the Swedish Navy during World War II. Together with the sister ship HSwMS Nordenskjöld (12), she constituted the Ehrensköld class, which, with its size and speed, was a major step in the Swedish destroyer fleet. Initially, Ehrensköld had pennant number 11, which was later changed to 1. In 1951-1952, the ship was converted to frigate, and then received the pennant number 71. She was decommissioned in 1963 and was sold for scrapping in 1973.

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