HSwMS Nordenskjöld

	HSwMS Nordenskjöld with pennant number 2 which she had for some time.
History
Sweden
Name	Nordenskjöld
Namesake	Admiral Otto Henrik Nordenskjöld
Builder	Götaverken, Gothenburg
Laid down	1924
Launched	19 June 1926
Commissioned	27 September 1927
Decommissioned	1 April 1963
Identification	2, 12, 72
Fate	Sold for scrap 1964
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	947 long tons (962 t) standard
Length	91.4 m (299 ft 10 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; 3,400 shp (2,500 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 Nordenskjöld (12) was a destroyer in the Swedish Navy. Together with the sister ship HSwMS Ehrensköld, she constituted the Ehrensköld class, which, with its size and speed, was a major step in the Swedish destroyer fleet. The ship was launched on 19 June 1926. During the World War II, she participated in the neutrality watch and escorted merchant ships along the Swedish east coast. Especially the ore traffic from Luleå to Germany had to be protected. In the context of the neutrality watch, she therefore participated in the pursuit of Soviet submarines who broke out of the Gulf of Finland in search of merchant ships. Initially, Nordenskjöld had pennant number 12, which was later switched to 2. In 1951–1952, the ship was converted to frigate and then received the pennant number 72. She was decommissioned in 1963 and was sold for scrap the following year.

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