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Sunday 17 December 2017

Design for Swedish coastal defence ships completed according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1939 no. 10

An item reported that the designs for the two new Swedish coastal defence ships were completed. Estimated building costs for each ship 37 million crones. Speed was just above the 22 knots. The armament was to consist of 4-24cm/9,4” guns, 6-12cm/4,7” guns, 8-4cm/1,57” guns and some machineguns.