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| Name | Sölve |
| Namesake | Sölve |
| Builder | Ericsson-D'Ailly |
| Launched | 1875 |
| Out of service | 1919 |
| Reclassified | Converted into an oilbarge, 1919? |
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| General characteristics | |
| Type | Hildur-classmonitor |
| Displacement | 460 t (450long tons) (deep load) |
| Length | 39.78 m (130 ft 6 in) |
| Beam | 8.72 m (28 ft 7 in) |
| Draft | 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in) |
| Installed power | 2cylindrical boilers; 155 ihp (116 kW) |
| Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2horizontal-return connecting-rod steam engines |
| Speed | 8knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) |
| Complement | 48 |
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HSwMSSölve is one of sevenHildur-classmonitors built for theSwedish Navy in the mid-1870s. The ship had an uneventful career and was sold in 1919 for conversion into abarge. She became amuseum ship inGothenburg, Sweden, in 1992.
TheHildur-class monitors were designed by Lieutenant John Christian d'Ailly, from a proposal byJohn Ericsson, for the defense of LakeMälaren and theStockholm archipelago. The ships were 39.78 meters (130 ft 6 in)long overall and had abeam of 8.72 meters (28 ft 7 in). They had adraft of 2.7 meters (8 ft 10 in) anddisplaced 460 metric tons (450 long tons). Her crew numbered 48 officers and men. The ship hadrudders at bow and stern.[1]
TheHildurs had a pair of two-cylinderhorizontal-return connecting-rod steam engines, each driving a single propeller using steam from twocylindrical boilers. The engines produced a total of 155indicated horsepower (116 kW) which gave the monitors a maximum speed of 8knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph).[2] The ships carried 23–25 metric tons (23–25 long tons) of coal.[3]
The monitors were equipped with one 240-millimeter (9.4 in) M/69rifled breech loader, mounted in a long, fixed, oval-shapedgun turret. The gun weighed 14,670 kilograms (32,340 lb) and fired projectiles at amuzzle velocity of 397 m/s (1,300 ft/s). At its maximum elevation of 7.5° it had a range of 3,500 meters (3,800 yd).[4] TheHildurs also mounted two 75-millimeter (3 in) guns. They were rearmed with a 120-millimeter (4.7 in)quick-firing gun as well as three 57-millimeter (2.2 in) quick-firing guns sometime in the 1890s or the early 1900s.[1]
TheHildur class had a completewaterlinearmor belt ofwrought iron that was 76 millimeters (3.0 in) thick with a 19-millimeter (0.7 in)deck. The face of thegun turret was protected by 418 millimeters (16.5 in) of armor, while its sides were 356 millimeters (14 in) thick. Theconning tower protruded from the top of the turret and was protected by 254 millimeters (10 in) of armor.[5]
Sölve, named afterSölve, asemi-legendary King of Sweden, was launched in 1875 byMotala Verkstad atNorrköping.[3] She was decommissioned in 1919 and was converted into anoilbarge after she was sold. The ship was acquired by theGothenburg Maritima Centrum fromMobiloil in 1992.[5] It has been partially restored and is currently moored at theMaritiman marine museum in Gothenburg.[6]
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