HSwMS Göta Lejon explained

HSwMS Göta Lejon was a Swedish cruiser. Together with her sister ship, they were the largest ships ever to serve in the Royal Swedish Navy.^[1] In 1971 Göta Lejon was sold to Chile where she was renamed Almirante Latorre and served in the Chilean Navy until 1984. She was sold to Taiwan in 1986 to be scrapped.^[1]

Bibliography

• Book: Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Chesneau . Roger . Mayflower Books. New York. 1980. 0-8317-0303-2 . Sweden . Westerlund . Karl-Eric. 368–377.
• Book: Westerlund. Karl-Eric. Chumbley. Stephen. Chumbley. Stephen . Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995 . 1995. Naval Institute Press . Annapolis, Maryland . 1-55750-132-7. amp. Sweden . 443–453.
• Book: Whitley, M. J. . 1995 . Cruisers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia . Naval Institute Press . 1-55750-141-6. Annapolis, Maryland. Michael J. Whitley .

External links

• Göta Lejons sista resa (Göta Lejon's last voyage) Militærhistoria.se.

Notes and References

1. Hans Jakobsson: Mig angriper ingen ostraffat Hjak.se Retrieved 18 September 2013