HSwMS Stockholm (J6)

{{Main|Göteborg-class destroyer}}

In 1933, the Swedish Riksdag authorised two new ships based on the successful the {{sclass|Ehrensköld|destroyer}}. The new design was to have a higher speed, achieved by introducing superheating and lightening the structure through using welding rather than rivets. Stockholm was ordered at the same time as the lead ship of the class and was the second laid down. The two vessels proved successful and the design was subsequently reordered twice, ultimately leading to a class of 6 vessels.{{sfn|Borgenstam|Insulander|Kaudern|1989|page=48}}

Displacing {{convert|1040|t|LT|abbr=on}}} standard and {{convert|1200|t|LT}} full load, Stockholm had an overall length of {{convert|94.6|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} and {{convert|93|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} between perpendiculars. Beam was {{convert|9|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} and maximum draught {{convert|3.8|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}.{{sfn|Gardiner|Chesneau|1980|page=372}} Power was provided by three Penhoët oil-fired boilers feeding two de Laval geared steam turbines driving two shafts. The ship had two funnels. New materials allowed the boilers to be superheated to {{convert|125|C|F|abbr=on}}, which raised the rated power to e {{convert|32000|shp|kW|lk=on}} to give a design speed of {{convert|39|kn}}.{{sfn|Palmsteirna|1972|page=60}} A total of {{convert|150|LT|t|order=flip}} of fuel oil was carried to give a range of {{convert|1200|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|20|kn}}.{{sfn|Blackman|1960|page=272}}

The main armament consisted of three {{convert|12|cm|in|abbr=on|1}} K/45 M24C dual-purpose guns produced by Bofors. These were placed in separate mounts on the ship's centreline, with one on the forecastle, one aft and one between the funnels.{{sfn|Borgenstam|Insulander|Kaudern|1989|page=49}} The guns were of a loose-barrel type, weighed {{convert|3|t|LT|abbr=on}} and fired a {{convert|24|kg|lb|abbr=on}} projectile at {{convert|800|m/s|ft/s|abbr=on}}.{{sfn|Campbell|2002|page=392}} Air defence consisted six {{convert|25|mm|in|abbr=on}} M/40 autocannons, also provided by Bofors in a twin mounting aft of the bridge and two single mounts surrounding the funnels. Two triple rotating torpedo tube mounts for {{convert|53|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} torpedoes were aft of the superstructure and two depth charge throwers were carried further towards the stern. Approximately forty mines could also be carried for minelaying.{{sfn|Borgenstam|Insulander|Kaudern|1989|page=49}} The ship had a complement of 135 officers and ratings.{{sfn|Gardiner|Chesneau|1980|page=372}}

Stockholm was laid down by Karlskronavarvet in Karlskrona in 1934, launched on 24 March 1936 and commissioned on 24 November 1937.{{sfn|von Hofsten|Waernberg|2003|page=158}} The ship was named after the Swedish capital city and allocated the pennant number J6.{{sfn|Holmqvist|1972|page=198}} In trials, Stockholm proved to be the fastest in the navy, exceeding {{convert|41|kn}}, a speed only exceeded by the French {{sclass|Le Fantasque|destroyer}}s.{{sfn|Palmsteirna|1972|page=60}}

During the Second World War, Stockholm was involved in patrolling Swedish waters to protect Swedish neutrality.{{sfn|Lagvall|1991|page=70}} At the end of the conflict, Stockholm was based at Gothenburg and monitored the {{GS|U-3503}} which surrendered on 6 May 1945.{{sfn|Rohwer|Hümmelchen|2005|page=24}} On 10 May 1948, the destroyer sailed from Gothenburg on the first day of a tour of European cities with sister ship {{HSwMS|Norrköping|J10|2}} under the leadership of the cruiser {{HSwMS|Fylgia||2}}. The tour included five days in Bristol, seven days in Amsterdam and four days in Trondheim, returning on 14 June. On 30 May 1952, the same two destroyers escorted the cruiser {{HSwMS|Gotland||2}} on a visit to a port in another NATO country, this time to Antwerp in Belgium, returning on 2 July.{{cite web |url=http://www.flottansman.se/Alvsnabben/alla_langresor.htm | title=Långresor och utlandsbesök med svenska örlogsfartyg mellan 1837–2005 | trans-title=Long voyages and visits abroad with Swedish warships between 1837–2005 | date=8 April 2010 | website=flottansman.se | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100812072740/http://www.flottansman.se/Alvsnabben/alla_langresor.htm | archive-date=12 August 2010 | language=SV}}

Unlike the later members of the class, Stockholm was not updated in the early 1950s but was nonetheless rerated a frigate on 1 January 1961 along with the rest of the class.{{sfn|Palmsteirna|1972|page=66}} On 1 January 1964, the destroyer was decommissioned and subsequently sold to be broken up at Ystad.{{sfn|von Hofsten|Waernberg|2003|page=158}}{{sfn|Whitley|2000|page=249}}

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