Hugin-class destroyer

The Hugin-class ships were improved versions of the earlier {{sclass|Ragnar|destroyer|4}} and were the first Swedish warships built with steam turbines. The ships displaced {{convert|350|LT|t|lk=on}} at normal load and {{cvt|429|LT|t}} at full load. The destroyers measured {{convert|65.8|m|ftin}} long at the waterline and {{cvt|66.3|m|ftin}} overall with a beam of {{cvt|6.5|m|ftin}}Westerlund 1985, p. 360 and a draught of {{cvt|1.8|m|ftin}} at normal load. The Hugins were powered by a pair of AEG-Curtiss direct-drive steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft using steam provided by four coal-fired Yarrow boilers. The turbines were designed to produce a total of {{convert|10000|shp|kW|lk=on}} for a maximum speed of {{convert|30|kn|lk=in}}. Both ships handily exceeded their designed speed with Hugin reaching {{convert|31.2|kn}} and Munin {{convert|33.5|kn}}. They carried enough coal to give them a range of {{convert|1500|nmi|lk=in}} at a speed of {{convert|16|kn}}. The ships had a complement of 73 officers and ratings.

The Hugin class was armed with four 50-calibre {{convert|75|mm|adj=on|0}} m/05 guns in single mounts. One gun was situated on the forward superstructure and another on the stern; the other two were on the broadside amidships.Westerlund 1992, p. 153 The guns fired {{convert|6.5|kg|adj=on}} shells at a muzzle velocity of {{convert|780|m/s}}.Friedman, p. 308 The ships were also armed with two 457 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes on single mounts located on the centreline between the stern gun and the funnel.

The ships exchanged their single torpedo-tube mounts for twin-tube mounts in 1916 and Munin had her bridge elevated four years later. Both ships replaced their stern gun with a pair of twin-gun mounts for Bofors 25 mm M/32 Bofors anti-aircraft guns in 1939. They also had a pair of depth charge racks added at the stern. Hugin was reboilered in 1941–1942 and had her guns replaced.

Hugin was built by Götaverken and launched on December 10, 1910 while Munin was constructed by Kockums and launched on 5 December 1911. Both ships made neutrality patrols during the First World War. Munin was decommissioned on 18 October 1940 and was sunk as a bomb target in 1946. Hugin made neutrality patrols during the Second World War as well and was scrapped at Karlskrona on 13 June 1947.

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• {{cite journal | editor-last=Brassey | editor-first=Thomas | title=II List of British and Foreign Ships. Ordinance Tables | journal=The Naval Annual 1912 | year=1912 | location=Portsmouth | publisher=J. Griffin & Co. | pages=177–268 | oclc=1118005447 | author-link=Thomas Brassey, 2nd Earl Brassey}}
• {{cite book|last=Friedman|first=Norman|title=Naval Weapons of World War One: Guns, Torpedoes, Mines and ASW Weapons of All Nations; An Illustrated Directory|publisher= Seaforth Publishing |location=Barnsley, UK |year=2011 |isbn=978-1-84832-100-7 |author-link=Norman Friedman}}
• {{cite book | last1=Parkes | first1=Oscar | last2=Prendergast | first2=Maurice | title=Jane's Fighting Ships 1919 | publisher=David & Charles | location=Newton Abbott | year=1969 | oclc=907574860}}
• {{cite book | last=Westerlund | first=Karl-Erik | title=Svenska Örlogsfartyg 1855–1905 | trans-title=Swedish Naval Ships 1855–1905 | location=Karlskrona | publisher=Abrahamson | year=1992 | isbn=978-9-18707-213-0 | language=SV}}
• {{cite book | last=Westerlund | first=Karl-Erik | chapter=Sweden | pages=355–363 | editor1-last=Gray | editor1-first=Randal | title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921 | publisher=Conway Maritime Press | location=London | year=1985 | isbn=978-0-85177-245-5}}

{{Hugin-class destroyer}}

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Category:Destroyer classes

Category:Ships built in Gothenburg

Category:Swedish destroyer classes