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HSwMS Claes Uggla

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HSwMS Claes Uggla as she ran aground in 1917
History
NameClaes Uggla
Launched9 December 1899
Commissioned28 November 1900
FateSunk after running aground, 22 June 1917
General characteristics
TypeTorpedo cruiser
Displacement800 long tons (810 t)
Length69 m (226 ft 5 in)
Beam8.2 m (26 ft 11 in)
Draught3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Armament2 × 120 mm (4.7 in) guns, 4 × 57 mm (2.2 in) guns, 1 × 38 cm (15 in) torpedo tube

HSwMS Claes Uggla was a torpedo cruiser of the Swedish Navy. She was named after the 17th-century admiral Claes Uggla. The ship's name is spelled as Clas Uggla in some English-language sources.