HSwMS Sölve
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 HMS Sölve monitor |
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| 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 few 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]
References [edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g "Monitoren Sölve". maritiman.se (in Swedish) (Maritiman marine museum). Retrieved 2008-04-08.
- ^ a b c "The Sölve monitor". Maritiman marine museum pamphlet. undated. 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). Retrieved 2008-04-08.
- ^ Harris, Daniel G (1994), "The Swedish Monitors", in Roberts, John, Warship 1994, Conway Maritime press, p. 32, ISBN 0-85177-630-2
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Coordinates: 57°42′33″N 11°57′36″E / 57.70917°N 11.96000°E
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