Klas-class destroyer
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HSwMS Klas Uggla
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Class overview | |
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Name | Klas class |
Operators | Swedish Navy |
Preceded by | Template:Sclass- |
Succeeded by | Template:Sclass- |
Built | 1930-1932 |
In commission | 1932-1958 |
Planned | 2 |
Completed | 2 |
Lost | 1 |
Retired | 1 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Destroyer/ frigate |
Displacement | 1,020 tons |
Length | 92.42 m (303.2 ft) |
Beam | 8.92 m (29.3 ft) |
Draught | 2.56 m (8.4 ft) |
Speed | 36 kn (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
Range | 1,600 nmi (3,000 km; 1,800 mi) |
Complement | 119 |
Armament |
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The Klas class was a destroyer class in service with the Swedish Navy 1932–1958. Two ships in the class was constructed between 1930 and 1932, HSwMS Klas Uggla and HSwMS Klas Horn.
The ships were involved in the Hårsfjärden disaster in 1941, in which both ships were damaged. Klas Uggla was raised but decommissioned, Klas Horn was repaired and continued to serve in the navy until 1958.