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Romulus-class destroyer

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Romulus
Class overview
NameRomulus class
Operators Swedish Navy
Succeeded byMode class
Built1934
In service1940–1958
Completed2
General characteristics
TypeDestroyer
Displacement870 long tons (880 t) standard
Length81.4 m (267 ft 1 in)
Beam7.9 m (25 ft 11 in)
Draught3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Installed power
  • 2 boilers
  • 19,000 hp (14,000 kW)
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 steam turbines
Speed34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Complement110
Sensors and
processing systems
Sonar and hydrophones
Armament

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 and HSwMS Remus. 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 Pennant numbers Builder Launched Acquired Decommissioned Fate
Romulus 27 BSN, Naples 30 May 1935 1940 from Italy 1958 Stricken
Remus 28 BSN, Naples 30 May 1935 1940 from Italy 1958 Most likely scrapped

Notes

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References

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  • Borgenstam, Curt; Insulander, Per & Kaudern, Gösta (1989). Jagare: med Svenska flottans jagare under 80 år [Destroyers: Swedish Navy Destroyers under 80 years] (in Swedish). Västra Frölunda: Marinlitteratur. ISBN 91-970700-4-1. SELIBR 7792227.
  • Westerlund, Karl-Eric (1980). "Sweden". In Chesneau, Roger (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. New York: Mayflower Books. pp. 368–377. ISBN 0-8317-0303-2.
  • Whitley, M. J. (2000). Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. London: Cassell & Co. ISBN 1-85409-521-8.