HSwMS Visby : 無料・フリー素材/写真
HSwMS Visby / hugh llewelyn
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-継承 2.1 |
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| 説明 | A model of the Visby Class Destroyer HSwMS Visby (in WWII camouflage) at the Swedish Maritime Museum, Stockholm, June 2010; 4 ships of this class were launched in 1942-43 and completed in 1943-44. The Visby was launched in 1942 and completed in 1943. She had a displacement of 1,135 tons, measured 321.5 ft. x 30 ft. x 12.5 ft., had a maximum speed of 39 kts and was armed with 3x4.7” (3x1), 4x40mm AA (2x2) 4x20mm AA (2x2) guns and 6x21 TT (2x3). Destroyers were an important element of the deterrent role of the Swedish Navy and by the early 1920’s existing destroyers were obsolete. A completely new design was developed, the Ehrenskold Class (974 tons) of 1927, then two ships of a slightly larger version followed in 1932, the Klas Class (1,020 tons), to in turn be followed in 1936-41 by six more ships with detail improvements – the 1,040 ton Goteborgs which were amongst the fastest destroyers ever built.By the late 1930’s the Goteborg Class was deemed too sophisticated and expensive for duplication bearing in mind Sweden’s poor economy. Consequently, Sweden looked towards Italy where the latest destroyers were simple, of similar compact size and high speed, and not expensive. In 1940 Sweden thus bought two Italian destroyers of the 970 ton Sella Class (as the Psilander class) for comparison. However, the Psilanders proved too lightly built to cope with Baltic conditions and poor sea boats. Consequently, with the outbreak of WWII, Sweden ordered a larger and updated version of the highly thought of Goteborgs: the four 1,135 ton Visby Class destroyers. The Visby Class were the last of the standard Swedish destroyer designs. Although small by international standards, their compact size, heavy armament for their size, agility and high speed made them ideal for warfare amongst the myriad of islands and islets in the shallow waters of the Baltic against the larger vessels of opposing fleets which dared to breach Sweden’s neutrality.Two of the Visby Class were modernised in 1957-59 and all were converted to A/S frigates in 1965-68. Two were stricken in 1978 and the remaining two (including Visby) in 1982 following Sweden’s controversial decision to abandon their blue water navy and only build coastal forces in future. |
| 撮影日 | 2021-02-01 15:55:38 |
| 撮影者 | hugh llewelyn , Keynsham, UK |
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| 撮影地 | Oscar, Stockholm, Sweden 地図 |