HSwMS Ragnar at sea
Class overview
BuildersKockums Shipyard
Operators Swedish Navy
Preceded byWale
Succeeded byHugin class
In commission1908–1947
Completed3
Retired3
General characteristics
TypeDestroyer
Displacement350 / 416 tons
Length66.1 m (216 ft 10 in)
Beam6.3 m (20 ft 8 in)
Draft1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Installed power7,200 ihp (5,400 kW)
Propulsion4-cylinder triple expansion engine
Speed30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range1,400 nmi (2,600 km; 1,600 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement69
Armament
  • Design
  • 4 × 75 mm (3 in)/53 cal. M/05-10 (4×1)
  • 2 × 457 mm (18 in) M/02-04 torpedo tubes

The Ragnar class was a class of three destroyers built for the Royal Swedish Navy before World War I. The class consisted of HSwMS Ragnar, HSwMS Sigurd, and HSwMS Vidar. The lead ship, Ragnar, was launched May 30, 1908. The design was based on the earlier destroyer Wale. The Ragnar class led a relatively quiet service life performing routine missions such as escorts and exercises between their commissioning before World War I and their decommissioning shortly after World War II.

References

Printed sources

  • Borgenstam, Curt; Insulander, Per; Kaudern, Gösta (1989), Jagare: med Svenska flottans jagare under 80 år (in Swedish), Västra Frölunda: Marinlitteratur, ISBN 91-970700-4-1, SELIBR 7792227
  • von Hofsten, Gustav; Waernberg, Jan; Ohlsson, Curt S. (2003), Örlogsfartyg: svenska maskindrivna fartyg under tretungad flagg, [Forum navales skriftserie], 1650-1837 ; [6] (in Swedish), Stockholm: Svenskt militärhistoriskt bibl. i samarbete med Marinlitteratur, ISBN 919743843X, SELIBR 8873330
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