Swedish Coastal Defense Ship HSwMS Manligheten
HSwMS Manligheten was a Swedish Äran-class coastal defence ship. Having entered service on 3 December 1904, she was stricken in February 1950.
HSwMS Manligheten was a Swedish Äran-class coastal defence ship . She was built in 1901-1903 by Kockum’s Mechanical Workshop and was the fourth and last vessel in the Äran class . Main armament consisted of two 21 cm guns and the secondary armament of six 15.2 cm guns. At the beginning of the Second World War the ship underwent a major modernization, when she was rebuilt, and during the war she was the flagship of the Gothenburg squadron. Manligheten was decommissioned in 1950 and partially scrapped in 1952, however, the hull was kept and is used today as a quay for Svitzer’s tug boats in Brofjorden.
| Class and type: | Äran-class coastal defence ship |
| Displacement: | 3,650 tons |
| Length: | 87.5 m (287 ft 1 in) |
| Beam: | 15 m (49 ft 3 in) |
| Draught: | 5.3 m (17 ft 5 in) |
| Propulsion: | Steam triple-expansion, 2 screws, 7,400 shp (5,500 kW) |
| Speed: | 17 knots (31 km/h) |
| Crew: | 301 |
| Armament: | 2 × 210 mm (8.2 in) m/98 6 × 152 mm (6 in) m/98 10 × 57 mm m/89B (plus two 37 mm guns on smaller craft) 4 × 90 cm searchlights m/00 2 × 450 mm torpedo tubes |
| Armor: | Side belt 175 mm (7 in) Turrets 125–190 mm (5–7 in) Deck 25 mm (0.98 in) Conning tower 200 mm (8 in) |
