HSwMS Stockholm (1856)

	HSwMS Stockholm
History
Sweden
Name	Stockholm
Namesake	Stockholm
Builder	Karlskrona Naval Shipyard, Blekinge
Laid down	8 November 1832
Launched	29 November 1856
Commissioned	20 May 1857
Decommissioned	30 July 1921
Fate	Scrapped, 1923
General characteristics
Class and type	73-gun ship of the line
Displacement	2846 tons
Length	56.6 ft (17.3 m) o/a
Beam	14.8 ft (4.5 m)
Depth	6.89 ft (2.10 m)
Propulsion	1 x Motala steam engine ; 800 ihp (600 kW); 2 x steam boiler;
Speed	6.5 kn (12.0 km/h)
Complement	739
Armament	(1857); 64 x 30-pounder long gun; 6 x 72-pounder long gun; 1 x 6-pounder long gun; 1 x 18-pounder long gun; 1 x 12-pounder long gun; (1879); 2 x 30-pounder long gun m/39; 2 x 12-pounder long gun m/81; 2 x 12-pounder long gun m/73; 2 x 67 mm landing cannon m/63; 2 x 12 mm machine gun m/1875; 10 x 30-pounder long gun;

HSwMS Stockholm was a ship of the line that served in the Swedish Navy and was built by Karlskrona Naval Shipyard. She was named after Stockholm. Commissioned in 1857 and decommissioned in 1921.

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