HMS Sölve
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 HMS Sölve monitor |
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Sölve |
| Namesake: | Sölve |
| Builder: | Ericsson-D'Ailly |
| Launched: | 1875 |
| Refit: | 1921 |
| Fate: | Preserved at the Maritiman marine museum in Gothenburg, Sweden. |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 460 metric tons[1] |
| Length: | 39.8 m[1] |
| Beam: | 8 m[1] |
| Draught: | 2.5 m[1] |
| Draft: | 2.5 m[1] |
| Crew: | 48 men[2] |
| Armor: | iron[3] |
HMS Sölve is a monitor warship, built in 1875 at the Motala Warf in Norrköping, Sweden,[1] by John Ericsson and J. C. A. d'Ailly.[3] It is one of the only monitors still in existence, and is currently moored at the Maritiman marine museum in Gothenburg, Sweden.[1]
The vessel was one of the last of the 15 Swedish monitors to be built for use by the Swedish Navy,[2] and was named for Sölve, a semi-legendary King of Sweden. In 1919 the ship was placed on the sale list.[4] It was converted into a tank barge in 1921 and was donated to the Maritiman marine museum by a scrapping shipyard after being retired from service.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Monitoren Sölve" (in Swedish). maritiman.se (Maritiman marine museum). http://www.maritiman.se/default.asp?viewset=1&on=Fartygsflottan&id=&initid=52&heading=Fartygsflottan&mainpage=templates/05.asp?sida=44. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
- ^ a b c "The Sölve monitor". Maritiman marine museum pamphlet. undated. http://bencourtney.com/maritiman/maritiman_pamphlet.gif. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
- ^ a b Glete, Jan (December 2003). "John Ericsson and the Transformation of Swedish Naval Doctrine" (PDF). International Journal of Naval History 2 (3). http://www.ijnhonline.org/volume2_number3_Dec03/pdf_dec03/Glete%20-%20Ericsson%20PDF.pdf. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
- ^ Harris, Daniel G (1994), "The Swedish Monitors", in Roberts, John, Warship 1994, Conway Maritime press, p. 32, ISBN 0851776302
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Coordinates: 57°42′33″N 11°57′36″E / 57.70917°N 11.96°E
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