List of coastal defence ships of the Swedish Navy explained

This is a list of Swedish coastal defence ships of the period 1859-1918:
They are sometimes called "coast defence battleships." 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.

• (1886) - Stricken 1945
• (1891)
• (1893)

• (1897)
• (1899)
• (1898)

• (1900) - Converted to an Aircraft Tender and Depot Ship prior to 1938

• (1901) - Stricken 1947
• (1901)
• (1901) - BU 1952
• (1903)

• (1905) - BU 1974

• (1915)
• (1917)
• (1918)

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Image:HMS Svea.jpg| was the first Swedish coastal defence ship...Image:HMS Gustav V.jpg|...and was the last one.