Swedish Coastal Defense Ship HSwMS Tapperheten
HSwMS Tapperheten was a Swedish Äran-class coastal defence ship. Having entered service on April 1903, she was stricken in June 1947.
At the outbreak of the Second World War, Tapperheten had not been used for twelve years, but nevertheless served as the flagship of the Karlskrona Division in 1939-40. During this time, she also underwent extensive modernization.
| Class and type: | Äran-class coastal defence ship |
| Displacement: | 3,650 tons |
| Length: | 87.5 m (287 ft 1 in) |
| Beam: | 15 m (49 ft 3 in) |
| Draught: | 5.3 m (17 ft 5 in) |
| Propulsion: | Steam triple-expansion, 2 screws, 7,400 shp (5,500 kW) |
| Speed: | 17 knots (31 km/h) |
| Crew: | 301 |
| Armament: | 2 × 210 mm (8.2 in) m/98 6 × 152 mm (6 in) m/98 10 × 57 mm m/89B (plus two 37 mm guns on smaller craft) 4 × 90 cm searchlights m/00 2 × 450 mm torpedo tubes |
| Armor: | Side belt 175 mm (7 in) Turrets 125–190 mm (5–7 in) Deck 25 mm (0.98 in) Conning tower 200 mm (8 in) |
HSwMS Tapperheten 
HSwMS Tapperheten 
HSwMS Tapperheten 
HSwMS Tapperheten 
HSwMS Tapperheten 
HSwMS Tapperheten
