HSwMS Wale explained
HSwMS Wale (3) was a
destroyer of the
Swedish Navy.
Wale was built by
Kockums Shipyard and launched on September 21, 1907 and delivered to the fleet on 11 April 1908. The vessel was based on the two former British-built destroyers and .
Wale was the first destroyer to be built in Sweden and was influential in the development of the destroyers in that nation. After
Wale, in the years 1907–1911, another five destroyers followed with essentially the same design. These were two ships of the and three ships of the .
Wale was decommissioned on 18 November 1940. She was sunk as a target outside
Fårösund by the
Swedish Coastal Artillery and the on 26 September 1946.
[1] References
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Notes and References
- Web site: HMS Wales sista strid utanför Gotland . Gotlands försvarshistoria och Gotlands trupper . www.tjelvar.se . HSwMS Wale's last battle outside Gotland . Kjell . Olsson . 31 October 2017 . Swedish . 7 November 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171107021944/http://www.tjelvar.se/marinen/m41.htm . dead .