Hugin-class destroyer

The Hugin class of destroyers consisted of Hugin and Munin built for the Royal Swedish Navy built prior to the First World War and surviving without major incident through their lifespan.

Hugin as she appeared in 1926
Class overview
Builders	Götaverken
Operators	Swedish Navy
Preceded by	Ragnar class
Succeeded by	Wrangel class
In commission	1910–1947
Completed	2
Retired	2
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	350 long tons (356 t) (normal) 420 long tons (427 t) (deep load)
Length	66.3 m (217 ft 6 in)
Beam	6.5 m (21 ft 4 in)
Draft	1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) (deep load)
Installed power	4 water-tube boilers 10,000 shp (7,500 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 steam turbines
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range	1,500 nmi (2,800 km; 1,700 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement	73
Armament	4 × single 75 mm (3 in) guns 2 × single 45 cm (18 in) torpedo tubes

Design and description

The Hugin-class ships were the first Swedish warships built with steam turbines.

Construction and careers

Hugin was built by Götaverken and launched on December 10, 1910 while Munin was constructed by Kockums and launched December 5, 1911. The ship class was built with steam turbines instead of piston engines as the previous Swedish destroyers had been. Hugin was in service until June 13, 1947 while Munin had been decommissioned on October 18, 1940.

Citations

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