 Model ofHildur, thelead ship of the class | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Sweden | |
| Name | Berserk |
| Owner | Swedish Navy |
| Builder | Motala Verkstad,Norrköping |
| Launched | 1 January 1874 |
| Decommissioned | 1 January 1919 |
| In service | 1874–1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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 |
| Armament | 1 × 240 mm (9.4 in) gun |
| Armor |
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HSwMSBerserk was one of sevenHildur-classmonitorsmonitors built for theSwedish Navy in the mid-1870s. The ship had an uneventful career and was sold in 1919 for conversion into afuel oilbarge.
TheHildur-class monitors were designed 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).Berserk's crew numbered 48 officers and men. The ship hadrudders at bow and stern.[1]
Berserk 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]Hildurs 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. 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 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.[4]
Berserk waslaunched in 1875 byMotala Verkstad atNorrköping.[3] She was sold in 1919 and converted into an oil barge.[5]