HSwMS Dristigheten

HSwMS Dristigheten
History
Sweden
Name:	Dristigheten
Operator:	Swedish Navy
Builder:	Lindholmen Shipyard, Gothenburg
Laid down:	1898
Launched:	28 April 1900
Commissioned:	5 September 1901
Out of service:	13 June 1947
General characteristics
Class & type:	Dristigheten-class coastal defence ship
Type:	Coastal defence ship
Displacement:	3445 t
Length:	86.87 m
Beam:	14.78 m
Draft:	4.88 m
Propulsion:	Steam triple-expansion, 8 boilers, 2 screws, 5400 shp
Speed:	16.5 knots (30.6 km/h)
Range:	2040 Nm/10kn
Complement:	262
Crew:	427
Armament:	2 × 210 mm (2 × I) 6 × 152 mm (6 in) (6 × I) 10 × 57 mm (10 × I) 2 × 457 mm torpedo tubes. As an aircraft tender, 1930, 4 x 75mm (2.95in)/50-cal AA, 2 x 40mm (1.57in)/60-cal AA, 4 machine guns
Armour:	Harvey Nickel 203mm (8 in) main belt 203mm (8 in) main turrets
Aircraft carried:	3

HSwMS Dristigheten was a Swedish Navy coastal defence ship, and the single ship of her class. She was launched 28 April 1900. She was rebuilt as a seaplane tender in 1927. Built in 1898-1901, she was a modified version of the Oden-class of 1894-99, with a slightly longer hull and different armament. The ship was laid down in 1898 at Lindholmens' yard, Gothenburg, launched on April 28, 1900 and completed in 1901. She served without distinction until 1930 when she was stripped for conversion to an aircraft tender. As a seaplane carrier she was given a hangar and deck aft, with cranes to handle three floatplanes. After the Second World War, the old ship was reclassified as a target, and served until 1961, when she was scrapped.