HSwMS Göta Lejon was a Swedish cruiser. Together with her sister ship Tre Kronor, they were the largest ships ever to serve in the Royal Swedish Navy.[1] In 1971 Göta Lejon was sold to Chile where she was renamed Almirante Latorre and served in the Chilean Navy until 1984. She was sold to Taiwan in 1986 to be scrapped.[1]
 Göta Lejon in 1958
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| History | |
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| Name | Göta Lejon |
| Namesake | Göta Lion |
| Builder | Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstads AB, Gothenburg |
| Laid down | 27 September 1943 |
| Launched | 17 November 1945 |
| Commissioned | 15 December 1947 |
| Out of service | 1 July 1970 |
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| Fate | Sold to Chile, 1971 |
| Badge |  |
 Chile | |
| Name | Almirante Latorre |
| Commissioned | 1971 |
| Decommissioned | 1984 |
| Identification | CL-04 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1986 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Tre Kronor-class cruiser |
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| Length | 182 m (597 ft 1 in) |
| Beam | 16.7 m (54 ft 9 in) |
| Draft | 5.7 m (18 ft 8 in) |
| Propulsion | 2 shafts |
| Speed | 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
| Complement | 445 |
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References
edit- ^ a b Hans Jakobsson: Mig angriper ingen ostraffat Hjak.se Retrieved 18 September 2013 (in Swedish)
Bibliography
edit- Westerlund, Karl-Eric (1980). "Sweden". In Chesneau, Roger (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. New York: Mayflower Books. pp. 368–377. ISBN 0-8317-0303-2.
- Westerlund, Karl-Eric & Chumbley, Stephen (1995). "Sweden". In Chumbley, Stephen (ed.). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. pp. 443–453. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.
- Whitley, M. J. (1995). Cruisers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-141-6.
External links
edit- Göta Lejons sista resa (Göta Lejon's last voyage) Militærhistoria.se. (in Swedish)
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