Destroyers
HSwMS Mode - J 1(1902-1928)
One of two very similar destroyers ordered from different wharfs in Great Britain. Heavily worn by the neutrality watch during the Great War, she was decommissioned in the 1920’s.
HSwMS Magne - J 2(1906-1932)
The second destroyer ordered from a British wharf, and considered more successful than her half-sister. She served through the Great war, but was expended as a target ship during the 1930’s.
Stockholm-class J 16-17(1927-1963)
Two destroyers built as squadron leaders, faster and better armed than the classes before. They became the model for the oncoming classes of destroyers of Sweden, which would try to emulate the growth in destroyers size taking place abroad. They served throughout the second world war, and were rebuilt as frigates in the 1950’s, facing decommission in the 1960’s.
HSwMS Stockholm
HSwMS Helsingborg
Karlskrona-class J 18-21(1932-1958)
Four destroyers built as a complement to the Stockholm-destroyers. They were very similar to the class before, but had a far busier service record. Two of the four ships were lost during the Hårsfjärden disaster, and the other two were considered too worn after the neutrality watch to be converted to frigate. One was mothballed after the war, and decommissioned and scrapped in 1958, and the other expended as a target vessel.
HSwMS Karlskrona
HSwMS Norrköping
HSwMS Malmö
HSwMS Ystad
Gävle-class J 22-27(1936-1974)
The fastest of the Swedish destroyers, this class was undoubtedly considered one of the most successful destroyer designs made by the Swedish navy. Out of six units, four reached up to 40 knots during speed trials, one knot over their contracted speed. They all lived through the war, and like most classes of Swedish destroyers, were converted to frigates during the late 1950’s.
HSwMS Gävle
HSwMS Esbo
HSwMS Göteborg
HSwMS Helsingborg
HSwMS Kalmar
HSwMS Sundsvall
Mode-class (1942-1970)
HSwMS Mode
HSwMS Magne
HSwMS Hugin
HSwMS Munin
HSwMS Uller
HSwMS Wale
HSwMS Vidar
HSwMS Ragnar
Helsingfors-class J 32-37(1943-1982)
Six destroyers built very similarly to the Gävle-class, they moved the middle 120 mm gun mount from in between the funnels to the aft, overlooking the aftmost mount, providing a better field of fire compared to earlier units . Like their older cousins, they were considered attractive commands. They entered service in the middle of the war, and later received the undoubtedly most extensive rebuild among the Swedish destroyers when they were converted to frigates, swapping their main artillery for lighter, more modern pieces, and their torpedoes for better ASW capability.
HSwMS Helsingfors
HSwMS Tammerfors
HSwMS Vanda
HSwMS Kiruna
HSwMS Uppsala
HSwMS Eskilstuna