Tag: Ship
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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
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Swedish Navy Coastal Defence Ship HSwMS Svea
Swedish Navy Coastal Defence Ship HSwMS Svea HSwMS Svea was a Swedish coastal defence ship launched in 1886 and commissioned in 1887. She was the lead unit of the Svea class and marked the emergence of a distinct Swedish approach to armoured warship design, centred on the defence of national waters rather than participation in… Read more