Category: Swedish Navy
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Swedish Navy Coastal Defence Ship HSwMS Niord
Swedish Navy Coastal Defence Ship HSwMS Niord HSwMS Niord was a Swedish coastal defence ship (in Swedish pansarskepp meaning armoured ship) built for service in the Swedish Navy as part of the Oden class alongside her sister ships Oden and Thor. She was laid down in 1896 at the Lindholmens shipyard in Gothenburg, launched on… Read more
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Swedish Coastal Defence Ship Thor
Swedish Coastal Defence Ship Thor The Swedish Navy first-class coastal defence ship Thor of the Oden-class was built in the late nineteenth century for service within Sweden’s territorial waters and the Baltic Sea. She was ordered from the Bergsunds shipyard in Stockholm and laid down in 1896, launched on 7 March 1898 and commissioned on… Read more
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Swedish Navy Coastal Defence Ship HSwMS Oden
Swedish Navy Coastal Defence Ship HSwMS Oden HSwMS Oden was a coastal defence ship of the Swedish Navy. Known in Swedish as a pansarskepp (armoured ship), she was the lead ship of the Oden-class (along with Thor and Niord) built for coastal defence duties within Swedish territorial waters from the late 19th century into the… Read more