HSwMS Tre Kronor

History
Sweden
Name	Tre Kronor
Namesake	Tre Kronor
Builder	Götaverken, Gothenburg
Laid down	27 September 1943
Launched	16 December 1944
Commissioned	25 October 1947
Out of service	1 January 1964
Motto	För Sveriges frihet; ("For the freedom of Sweden");
Fate	Stricken, 1 January 1964 and scrapped, 1968
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General characteristics
Class and type	Tre Kronor-class cruiser
Displacement	7,400 long tons (7,519 t)
Length	181.96 m (597 ft 0 in)
Beam	16.45 m (54 ft 0 in)
Draft	5.9 m (19 ft 4 in)
Propulsion	2 shafts, 90000shp
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Complement	618
Armament	As built :; 7 × Bofors 152 mm guns; 20 × Bofors 40 mm guns; 9 × 20 mm guns; 6 × torpedo tubes; From 1950 :; 7 × 152 mm (6 in) guns; 21 × 40 mm guns; 6 × 20 mm guns; 6 × torpedo tubes;
Armor	70 mm (2.8 in); Deck: 30 + 30 mm (1.2 + 1.2 in); Conning tower and turrets: 127 mm (5 in);

HSwMS Tre Kronor was a cruiser built for the Royal Swedish Navy during the Second World War.

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