Klas-class destroyer
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.jpg) Klas Uggla | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Klas class |
| Builders | |
| Operators |  Swedish Navy |
| Preceded by | Ehrensköld class |
| Succeeded by | Göteborg class |
| Built | 1930–1932 |
| In commission | 1932–1958 |
| Planned | 2 |
| Completed | 2 |
| Lost | 1 |
| Scrapped | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,020 long tons (1,036 t) |
| Length | 91 m (298 ft 7 in) (pp) |
| Beam | 8.9 m (29 ft 2 in) |
| Draught | 3.7 m (12 ft 2 in) (deep load) |
| Installed power | |
| Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines |
| Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
| Range | 1,600 nmi (3,000 km; 1,800 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 130 |
| Armament |
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The Klas class, also referred to as the Klas Horn class, was a pair of destroyers in service with the Swedish Navy from 1932 to 1958. They are sometimes considered part of the preceding Ehrensköld-class destroyers. 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.
The Klas class were an improved version of the preceding Ehrensköld-class destroyers and were sometimes considered part of the class.[1][2] They had a standard displacement of 1,020 long tons (1,040 t) and were 91 metres (298 ft 6.7 in) long between perpendiculars with a beam of 8.9 m (29 ft 2.4 in) and a maximum draught of 3.7 metres (12 ft 1.7 in). The destroyers were powered by three Penhoët boilers that delivered steam to two de Laval geared turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, rated at 26,000 shaft horsepower (19,000 kW). This gave the destroyers a maximum speed of 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph). The Klas class carried 150 long tons (150 t) of fuel oil and had a range of 1,600 nautical miles (3,000 km; 1,800 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph).[1]
The Klas-class destroyers' main armament was three single 120-millimetre (4.7 in) guns and two triple 533-millimetre (21 in) torpedo tubes. For anti-aircraft defence, the destroyers were equipped with two (40 mm (1.6 in)) AA guns. These were later replaced with four 25 mm (0.98 in) Bofors cannon. The destroyers were armed with two depth charge throwers for anti-submarine warfare and could carry 20 naval mines. The ships had a complement of 130.[1]
Ships in class
| Klas class | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
| Klas Horn | Kockums | 1929 | 13 June 1931 | 1932 | Stricken 15 August 1958 |
| Klas Uggla | Karlskrona Navy Yard | 1929 | 18 June 1931 | 1932 | Sunk 17 September 1941 |
