HSwMS Fylgia

History

Sweden
Name:	Fylgia
Builder:	Bergsunds Mekaniska Verkstad, Finnboda slip
Laid down:	October 1902
Launched:	20 December 1905
Commissioned:	21 June 1907
Out of service:	1 January 1953
Fate:	Sold for scrap in 1957
General characteristics
Type:	Cruiser
Displacement:	4,310 / 4,980 tons
Length:	117 m (383 ft 10 in)
Beam:	14.8 m (48 ft 7 in)
Draft:	6.3 m (20 ft 8 in)
Installed power:	12,000 ihp (8,900 kW)
Propulsion:	Steam triple expansion, 2 screws
Speed:	22 knots (41 km/h)
Range:	8,000 nmi (15,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Complement:	322
Armament:	Design 8 × 152 mm/50cal. Bofors M/1903 14 × 57 mm/48cal. QF M/1889 (10 in casemates) 2 × 37 mm/39cal. cannons M/1898B 2 × 45 cm torpedo tubes M/1904 Mine rails (max 100 mines) WWI 8 × 152 mm/50cal. Bofors M/1903 10 × 57 mm/48cal. QF M/1889 (6 in casemates) 2 × 57 mm/55cal. AA M/1889B 2 × 37 mm/39cal. cannons M/1898B 2 × 45 cm torpedo tubes M/1904 WWII 8 × 152 mm/50cal. Bofors M/1903 4 × 57 mm/55cal. AA M/89B-38B 4 × 40 mm/56cal. Bofors AA M/1936 2 × 25 mm/58cal. Bofors AA M/1932 1 × 20 mm/66cal. Bofors AA M/1940 2 × 53 cm torpedo tubes 2 depth charge throwers
Armour:	Side belt 100 mm (3.9 in) Turrets 50–125 mm (2.0–4.9 in) Deck 22–35 mm (0.87–1.38 in) Conning tower 100 mm

HSwMS Fylgia was an armored cruiser of the Swedish Navy. Launched in 1905, the ship was in service until 1953. The cruiser was primarily used as a training ship for naval cadets.

Construction and career

Fylgia being launched

Fylgia's keel was laid by Bergsunds Mekaniska Verkstad in October 1902. She was launched on 20 December 1905 at Finnboda slip at Nacka. The ship was commissioned on 21 June 1907. Upon her commissioning, she was the smallest true armored cruiser in the world. She was commonly used as a cadet training ship following World War I.

On 12 December 1927, Fylgia collided with the Brazilian cargo ship SS Itapura at Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Itapura sank, but all 40 members of her crew were rescued.^[1]^[2]

Extensive Modernisation

Fylgia after the 1939-40 modernisation

Fylgia was modernized in 1939-1940. Her 12 coal fired Yarrow-type boilers were replaced with four oil fueled Phenoët-type boilers. The three high stacks were replaced by two lower ones. The main battery's range was extended and a new fire control with central gun control was added. The air defense was completely revamped: the old 57 mm guns were removed and replaced with four 57 mm M/89B-38B anti-aircraft guns. Two dual 40 mm m/36 gyro-stabilized mounts were added and one dual 25 mm m/32 and one 20 mm m/40 guns were also installed.^[3]

After the refit she was assigned to the neutrality watch. Fylgia served into the 1950s as a cadet training ship, until 1953 when she was decommissioned. Fylgia was sold for scrap in 1957.

Captains

1915–1916 – Fredrik Riben
1919–1920 – Gunnar Unger
1922–1923 – Claës Lindsström
1925–1925 – Nils Åkerblom
1925–1926 – Arvid Hägg
1931–1932 – Lave Beck-Friis
1933–1934 – Magnus von Arbin

Notes

↑ "Casualty reports". The Times (44763). London. 13 December 1927. col E, p. 27.
↑ "Telegrams in Brief". The Times (44764). London. 14 December 1927. col G, p. 13.
↑ von Hofsten, p. 133-134

References

Borgenstam, Curt (1993). Kryssare. Med svenska flottans kryssare under 75 år (in Swedish). Värnamo: CB Marinlitteratur. ISBN 91-970700-6-8.
von Hofsten, Gustaf (2003). Örlogsfartyg. Svenska maskindrivna fartyg under tretungad flagg (in Swedish). Luleå: Svenskt Militärhistoriskt Bibliotek. ISBN 91-973187-3-6.

Swedish naval ship classes of World War II

Coastal defence ships	Dristigheten^S Äran Oscar II^S Sverige

Armoured cruisers	Fylgia^S

Light cruisers	Gotland^S Tre Kronor^I

Protected cruisers	Clas Fleming^S

Minelayers	Älvsnabben^S

Destroyers	Wale^S Ragnar Hugin Wrangel Ehrensköld Klas Göteborg Sella^RM Mode Visby Öland^I

Torpedo boats	Komet Plejad Spica^RM

Submarines	Hajen Bävern Valen^S Draken Delfinen Sjölejonet Kust Neptun

Minesweepers	Sökaren Arholma

Patrol boats	Jägaren

S Single ship of class RM Purchased from Regia Marina I Incomplete until the end of the war

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1927

Shipwrecks	25 Feb: Artemis 11 Mar: El Sol 5 Aug: Chiyoda, O-2 18 Aug: Hennepin 21 Oct: Irene 25 Oct: Principessa Mafalda 28 Oct: Fortuna 3 Nov: Greycliffe 21 Nov: Georgia 7 Dec: Kamloops 17 Dec: USS S-4 30 Dec: Seneca

Other incidents	29 Jan: Celtic 6 Mar: USCGC Seminole 11 Mar: Sac City 1 May: USS Colorado 2 May: Astoria 24 Aug: Jintsū 19 Oct: Irene 20 Oct: Irene, HMS L4, HMS L5 3 Nov: Tahiti 8 Nov: Catala 27 Nov: Wahehe November (unknown date): Hougomont 12 Dec: HSwMS Fylgia 16 Dec: Equity 17 Dec: USCGC Paulding 31 Dec: Consul Horn Unknown date: America

1926 1928

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