Romulus-class destroyer
{{Short description|Naval ship class}}
{{DISPLAYTITLE:Romulus-class destroyer}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=HMS Romulus.jpg |Ship caption=Romulus }} {{Infobox ship class overview |Name=Romulus class |Builders= |Operators={{navy|Sweden}} |Class before= |Class after={{sclass|Mode|destroyer|4}} |Subclasses= |Cost= |Built range=1934 |In service range=1940–1958 |In commission range= |Total ships building= |Total ships planned= |Total ships completed=2 |Total ships cancelled= |Total ships active= |Total ships laid up= |Total ships lost= |Total ships retired= |Total ships preserved= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship type=Destroyer |Ship displacement=*{{convert|870|LT|t|lk=in}} standard |Ship length= {{convert|81.4|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship beam= {{convert|7.9|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship draught= {{convert|3.2|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship depth= |Ship power=*2 boilers
|Ship propulsion=2 shafts; 2 steam turbines |Ship speed= {{convert|34|kn|lk=in}} |Ship range= |Ship endurance= |Ship boats= |Ship complement=110 |Ship sensors=Sonar and hydrophones |Ship EW= |Ship armament=*3 × Škoda 10 cm K10 dual-purpose guns
|Ship notes= }} |
The Romulus class was a class of two destroyers operated by the Royal Swedish Navy during the Second World War. The class consisted of {{HSwMS|Romulus|27|6}} and {{HSwMS|Remus|28|6}}.
They were built in Italy as the Spica-class torpedo boats Spica and Astore in the mid-1930s and sold to Sweden in 1940.
The two ships were adapted for northern conditions and remained in service during World War II and into the first decades of the Cold War. They were modernized and re-designated as anti-submarine frigates in 1953. Both ships were discarded in 1958.
Ships
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Name
!Builder !Launched !Acquired !Decommissioned !Fate |
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{{ship|HSwMS|Romulus|27|2}}
|align="center"| 27 |align="center"| BSN, Naples |align="center"| 30 May 1935 |align="center"| 1940 from Italy |align="center"| 1958 |align="center"| Stricken |
{{ship|HSwMS|Remus|28|2}}
|align="center"| 28 |align="center"| BSN, Naples |align="center"| 30 May 1935 |align="center"| 1940 from Italy |align="center"| 1958 |align="center"| Most likely scrapped |
Notes
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References
- {{cite book |last1=Borgenstam |first1=Curt |last2=Insulander |first2=Per |last3=Kaudern |first3=Gösta |title=Jagare: med Svenska flottans jagare under 80 år |year=1989 |publisher=Marinlitteratur |location=Västra Frölunda |language=Swedish |isbn=91-970700-4-1 |id={{LIBRIS|7792227}}|trans-title=Destroyers: Swedish Navy Destroyers under 80 years|name-list-style=amp }}
- {{cite book|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946|editor1-last=Chesneau |editor1-first=Roger |publisher=Mayflower Books|location=New York|year=1980|isbn=0-8317-0303-2 |chapter=Sweden |last1=Westerlund |first1=Karl-Eric|pages=368–377}}
- {{cite book|last=Whitley|first=M. J.|title=Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia |year=2000| publisher=Cassell & Co.|location=London|isbn=1-85409-521-8|author-link=Michael J. Whitley}}
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Category:Destroyers of the Swedish Navy