HSwMS Äran
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HSwMS Äran[Note 1] (Swedish language: "Honour") was a Swedish first class coastal defence ship (Pansarskepp). A development of Dristigheten, the Äran class mounted the same 21 cm (8.3 in) main guns, but differed in the layout of the secondary armament. The vessel was launched in 1901 by Gustaf V breaking a bottle of champagne on her bow, the last time that ceremony took place following complaints that breaking wine on a ship was sacrilegious. The warship served on neutrality patrols in the First World War and was damaged after running aground in 1932. In the period immediately before the Second World War, the ship's armament was deemed out of date, and in 1939 and 1940 significant improvement to the vessel's anti-aircraft capability were made with the addition of 25 mm (1 in), 40 mm (1.6 in) and 57 mm (2.2 in) guns. After the war, the Swedish Navy decided to retire all its coastal defence ships. Äran was retired in 1947 and sold to be broken up in 1951, the last sections of the ship finally sinking in 1968.
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Name | Äran |
Builder | Lindholmens shipyard, Gothenburg |
Laid down | 1899 |
Launched | 14 August 1901 |
Commissioned | 7 September 1902 |
Decommissioned | 13 June 1947 |
Fate | Sold to be broken up, 1951 |
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Displacement | 3,840 t (3,780 long tons) (normal) |
Length | 87.5 m (287 ft 1 in) (w.l.) |
Beam | 15.02 m (49 ft 3 in) |
Draught | 5.3 m (17 ft 5 in) (max) |
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Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
Range | 2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement | 285 |
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