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Thursday 7 December 2017

Obsolete Swedish armoured cruiser Fylgia still potential danger for Norwegian and Danish merchant shipping according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1907-1908 no.7


An item referred to the magazine Schiffbau reporting that the diameter of the cylinders of the Swedish armoured cruiser Fylgia were respectively 850, 1.275 and 2x14,35cm. Piston stroke 8cm. 12 Yarrow boilers. Heating surface 12x267 square metres. Grid surface 12x4,85 square metres. Coal bunker capacity 350 (standard)-900 (maximum) tons and a range of 3.100 (standard)-8.000 (maximum) British miles. A Swedish export stated that she was a decreased British County design and already obsolete. Yet she was still important for the Sweden while she was able in an eventually war with Norway and Denmark to destroy their merchant marines lacking ships which could act with success to the Fylgia.

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1. Armoured cruiser, laid down by Finnboda, Stockholm Bergsund, Sweden in October 1903, launched on 21 December 1905, completed on 21 June 1907, rebuilt by Oscarshamn shipyard between 1939-1941, stricken on January 1953 still serving as a target until 1957 when she was sold to be broken up.