HSwMS Drottning Victoria Swedish Coastal Defence Ship

HSwMS Drottning Victoria Swedish Coastal Defence Ship

HSwMS Drottning Victoria, was a Sverige-class coastal defence ship of the Swedish Navy. The vessel was the third and last ship in the Sverige class along with HSwMS Sverige and HSwMS Gustaf V. HSwMS Drottning Victoria was launched on 15 September 1917 at Kockums in Malmö and delivered to the Navy on 12 March 1921. Armament consisted of four 28 cm guns and a secondary armament of eight 15.2 cm guns. During the interwar period, the ship underwent several modernizations and was one of the most powerful vessels in the fleet during the Second World War. The ship was decommissioned in 1957 and was later sold for scrapping.