HSwMS Göta Lejon

HSwMS Göta Lejon was a Swedish cruiser. Together with her sister ship Tre Kronor, they were the largest ships ever to serve in the Royal Swedish Navy.[1] In 1971 Göta Lejon was sold to Chile where she was renamed Almirante Latorre and served in the Chilean Navy until 1984. She was sold to Taiwan in 1986 to be scrapped.[1]

For other ships with the same name, see Chilean ship Almirante Latorre.
History
Sweden
Name: Göta Lejon
Namesake: Göta Lion
Builder: Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstads AB, Gothenburg
Laid down: 27 September 1943
Launched: 17 November 1945
Commissioned: 15 December 1947
Out of service: 1 July 1970
Motto:
Fate: Sold to Chile, renamed Almirante Latorre
Badge:
Chile
Name: Almirante Latorre
Commissioned: 1971
Decommissioned: 1984
Identification: CL-04
Fate: Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type: Tre Kronor-class cruiser
Displacement:
  • 8,200 long tons (8,332 t) standard
  • 9,200 long tons (9,348 t) full load
Length: 182 m (597 ft 1 in)
Beam: 16.7 m (54 ft 9 in)
Draft: 5.7 m (18 ft 8 in)
Propulsion: 2 shafts
Speed: 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Complement: 445
Armament:
  • As built :
  • 7 × Bofors 152 mm guns
  • 20 × Bofors 40 mm guns
  • 9 × 20 mm guns
  • 6 × torpedo tubes
  • From 1950 :
  • 7 × 152 mm (6 in) guns
  • 21 × 40 mm guns
  • 6 × 20 mm guns
  • 6 × torpedo tubes
Armour:
  • Belt: 70 mm (2.8 in)
  • Deck: 30 + 30 mm (1.2 + 1.2 in)
  • Conning tower and turrets: 127 mm (5 in)

Captains
  • 1951–1952 – Hans Uggla

References
  1. Hans Jakobsson: Mig angriper ingen ostraffat Hjak.se Retrieved 18 September 2013 (in Swedish)



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