HSwMS Remus

HSwMS Remus
History
Italy
Name	Astore
Builder	BS Napoletani
Launched	1934
Completed	30 May 1935
Out of service	Sold to Sweden in 1940
Sweden
Name	Remus
Acquired	1940
Decommissioned	1958
Status	Most likely scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	none
Displacement	795 long tons (808 t) standard 1,020 long tons (1,040 t) full load
Length	83.5 m (273 ft 11 in)
Beam	8.1 m (26 ft 7 in)
Draught	2.55 m (8 ft 4 in)
Propulsion	2 steam turbines, 2 shafts 19,000 hp (14,200 kW)
Speed	34 knots (39 mph; 63 km/h)
Complement	116
Armament	3 × 100 mm (4 in) / 47 caliber guns 10 × 20 mm (0.79 in) anti-aircraft guns 2 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) anti-aircraft machine guns 4 × 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes Up to 20 mines

HSwMS Remus (28) was a Template:Sclass- of the Royal Swedish Navy during World War II. She had been built as Astore, a Template:Sclass- for Italy's Regia Marina, in the mid-1930s and sold to Sweden in 1940. The ship served in the Royal Swedish Navy until she was stricken in 1958.

References

• Birchfield, B.; Borgenstam, Carl; Caruana, Joseph; Frampton, Viktor (1988). "Question 3/87". Warship International. XXV (2): 205–210. ISSN 0043-0374. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |lastauthoramp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
• Robert Gardner, Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946 (1980) Conway Publishing : ISBN 0-85177-146-7
• Remus at Miramar ship index (subscription view)