List of Swedish coastal defence ships

List of Swedish coastal defence ships

This is a list of Swedish pansarskepps of the period 1859-1918:
They are commonly but incorrectly called "coast defence battleships" in many sources. They were listed in the 1938 edition of Jane's Fighting Ships as battleships, though they were not designed as such, nor capable of fighting true battleships one on one.

*Svea class
**"Svea" (1886) - Stricken 1945
**"Göta" (1891)
**"Thule" (1893)
*Oden class
**"Oden" (1897)
**"Thor" (1899)
**"Niord" (1899)
*"Dristigheten" (1900) - Converted to an Aircraft Tender and Depot Ship prior to 1938
*Äran class
**Äran (August 1901) - Stricken 1947
**"Wasa" (September 1901)
**"Tapperheten" (November 1901) - BU 1952
**"Manligheten" (December 1903)
*"Oscar II" (1905) - BU 1974
*Sverige class
**"Sverige" (May 1915)
**"Drottning Victoria" (September 1917)
**"Gustav V" (January 1918)


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