HSwMS Sköld
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HSwMS Sköld was a small river monitor built for the Swedish Royal Skerry Artillery in the late 1860s. She was equipped with a dual propulsion system, both hand and steam-driven, although the hand-driven portion was removed early in the ship's career due to complaints from the crew. The ship was put into reserve in 1890 and used as a gunnery target in 1907.
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Sweden | |
Name | HSwMS Sköld |
Namesake | Shield |
Builder | Bergsund, Stockholm |
Launched | 1868 |
Completed | 1868 |
Fate | Sunk as a target, 1907 |
General characteristics | |
Type | River monitor |
Displacement | 250 t (250 long tons) (deep load) |
Length | 31.93 m (104 ft 9 in) |
Beam | 6.81 m (22 ft 4 in) |
Draft | 2.31 m (7 ft 7 in) |
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Propulsion | 1 shaft; 1 steam engine |
Speed | 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) |
Complement | 40 |
Armament | 1 × 267 mm (10.5 in) smoothbore gun |
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