HSwMS Remus
Appearance
HSwMS Remus
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History | |
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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 |
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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 |
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Speed | 34 knots (39 mph; 63 km/h) |
Complement | 116 |
Armament |
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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.[1]
Notes
- ^ Conway p372
References
- Robert Gardner, Conway's All the Worlds Fighting Ships 1922–1946 (1980) Conway Publishing : ISBN 0-85177-146-7
- Remus at Miramar ship index (subscription view)