HSwMS Dristigheten

Class overview
Preceded by	Oden class
Succeeded by	Äran class
Completed	1
History
Sweden
Name	Dristigheten
Builder	Lindholmens, Gothenburg
Laid down	1898
Launched	28 April 1900
Commissioned	5 September 1901
Decommissioned	13 June 1947
General characteristics
Class and type	Dristigheten-class coastal defence ship
Displacement	3445 t
Length	86.87 m (285 ft 0 in)
Beam	14.78 m (48 ft 6 in)
Draught	4.88 m (16 ft 0 in)
Installed power	8 Yarrow boilers, 5,400 ihp (4,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 screws; 2 triple-expansion engines
Speed	16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Range	2,040 nmi (3,780 km; 2,350 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	262
Crew	427
Armament	As coastal defense ship 2 × single 21 cm (8.3 in) guns 6 × single 15.2 cm (6 in) guns 10 × single 5.7 cm (2.2 in) guns 2 × single 45.7 cm (18 in) torpedo tubes As an aircraft tender, 1930 4 x 75 mm (2.95 in)/50 cal AA 2 x 40 mm (1.57 in)/60 cal AA 4 machine guns
Armour	Harvey armour Belt: 200 mm (7.9 in) Turrets: 200 mm (7.9 in) Deck: 25 mm (1 in)
Aircraft carried	3 floatplanes
Aviation facilities	Crane

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 1894–1899, with a slightly longer hull and different armament. The ship was laid down in 1898 at Lindholmens' yard, Gothenburg, launched on 28 April 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.

Captains

• 1919–1920 – Arvid Hägg
• 1938–1938 – Moje Östberg

Bibliography

• Campbell, N. J. M. (1979). "Sweden". In Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M. (eds.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 360–363. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.