Английская Википедия:HSwMS Folke

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HSwMS Folke was the last of the seven Шаблон:Sclasss built for the Swedish Navy in the mid-1870s. Unlike her sisters, her gun turret was fixed to the rear. The ship was placed in reserve in 1919 and ultimately sold in 1942.

Design and description

The Hildur-class monitors were designed by Lieutenant John Christian d'Ailly, from a proposal by John Ericsson, for the defense of Lake Mälaren and the Stockholm archipelago. They had fixed turrets mounting Шаблон:Convert guns and someone on the defense staff realized that they could be destroyed while retreating because none of the ships could fire to their rear. Folke was designed to protect her sisters in that situation as her turret was fixed to the rear.[1]

Folke was Шаблон:Convert long overall and had a beam of Шаблон:Convert. She had a draft of Шаблон:Convert and displaced Шаблон:Convert. Her crew numbered 48 officers and men. The ship had a rudder at bow and stern.[2]

The Hildur-class ships had two horizontal twin-cylinder steam engines, each driving a single propeller. Their engines were powered by two cylindrical boilers. The engines produced a total of Шаблон:Convert which gave the monitors a maximum speed of Шаблон:Convert.[2] The ships carried Шаблон:Convert of coal.[3]

Armament

Folke was equipped with one Шаблон:Convert M/69 rifled breech loader, mounted in a long, fixed, oval-shaped turret that faced to the rear. The gun weighed Шаблон:Convert and fired projectiles at a muzzle velocity of Шаблон:Convert. At its maximum elevation of 7.5° it had a range of Шаблон:Convert.[4] The ship also mounted two Шаблон:Convert guns.[5]

Folke was rearmed with a Шаблон:Convert quick-firing gun as well as three Шаблон:Convert quick-firing guns sometime in the 1890s or the early 1900s.[1]

Armor

Folke had a complete waterline armor belt of wrought iron that ranged Шаблон:Convert thick from front to rear. The deck was Шаблон:Convert thick. The face of the gun turret was protected by Шаблон:Convert of armor, while its sides were Шаблон:Convert thick. The conning tower protruded from the top of the turret and was protected by Шаблон:Convert of armor.[6]

Construction and service

Folke was launched in 1875 by Motala Verkstad at Norrköping.[3] She was decommissioned in 1919 and was eventually converted into a heating plant for mothballed submarines. The ship was sold in 1942 for conversion to a barge.[5]

Footnotes

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References

Шаблон:Berserk class monitors

  1. 1,0 1,1 Harris, pp. 30–32
  2. 2,0 2,1 Harris, pp. 30–31
  3. 3,0 3,1 Campbell, p. 362
  4. Bojerud, p. 177
  5. 5,0 5,1 Harris, p. 32
  6. Harris, pp. 31–32