List of destroyers of the Swedish Navy

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This is a list of Swedish destroyers commissioned between 1902 and 1959. The Swedish Navy has once re-numbered all its destroyers. Some ships were assigned hull numbers, which were later changed. Other ships have generally been issued a number, but never wore it. Some destroyers of the Göteborg and Visby classes were rebuilt between 1966–68 and were reclassified as frigates, changing their hull numbers from J to F. No ship has ever had the hull number J15.

By hull number

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Number Name Commissioned Class Fate
1 [note 1] Mode 1902 No specific class Decommissioned in 1928. Used as artillery target in 1936.
2 [note 1] Magne 1905 No specific class Decommissioned in 1936
3 Klas Horn 1932/1943 Klas Decommissioned in 1941, again in 1958
3 Wale 1908 No specific class Decommissioned in 1940. Used as target ship and sank on 26 September 1946.[1]
4 Klas Uggla 1932 Klas Sunk in an accident in 1941
4 [note 2] Vidar 1910 Ragnar Decommissioned in 1947
5 [note 3] Ragnar 1909 Ragnar Decommissioned in 1947
6 [note 4] Sigurd 1909 Ragnar Decommissioned in 1947
7 [note 5] Hugin 1911 Hugin Decommissioned in 1947
8 Munin 1913 Hugin Decommissioned in 1940
9 [note 6] Wrangel 1918 Wrangel Decommissioned in 1947. Used as target ship and sank 1960.
10 [note 7] Wachtmeister 1918 Wrangel Decommissioned in 1947
11 [note 8] Ehrensköld 1927 Ehrensköld Decommissioned in 1963
12 [note 9] Nordenskjöld 1926 Ehrensköld Decommissioned in 1963
18 Psilander 1940 Psilander Decommissioned in 1947
19 Puke 1940 Psilander Decommissioned in 1947
27 [note 10] Romulus 1940 Romulus Decommissioned in 1958
28 [note 11] Remus 1940 Romulus Decommissioned in 1958
29 [note 12] Mode 1942 Mode Decommissioned in 1970
30 [note 13] Magne 1942 Mode Decommissioned in 1966
31 [note 14] Munin 1943 Mode Decommissioned in 1968
32 [note 15] Mjölner 1942 Mode Decommissioned in 1966
J5 Göteborg 1936/1943 Göteborg Decommissioned in 1941, again in 1958. Used as target ship in 1962.
J6 Stockholm 1937 Göteborg Decommissioned in 1964
J7 Malmö 1939 Göteborg Decommissioned in 1964
J8 Karlskrona 1940 Göteborg Decommissioned in 1974. Later used as target ship.
J9 Gävle 1941 Göteborg Decommissioned in 1968
J10 Norrköping 1941 Göteborg Decommissioned in 1965. Later used as target ship.
J11 Visby 1943 Visby Decommissioned in 1982
J12 Sundsvall 1943 Visby Decommissioned in 1982
J13 Hälsingborg 1943 Visby Decommissioned in 1978
J14 Kalmar 1944 Visby Decommissioned in 1978
J16 Öland 1947 Öland Decommissioned in 1978
J17 Uppland 1947 Öland Decommissioned in 1979
J18 Halland 1955 Halland Decommissioned in 1985
J19 Småland 1956 Halland Decommissioned in 1984. Now a museum ship in Gothenburg.
J20 Östergötland 1958 Östergötland Decommissioned in 1982. Sold to Spain in 1985 for scrapping.
J21 Södermanland 1958 Östergötland Decommissioned in 1982. Sold to England in 1991 for scrapping.
J22 Gästrikland 1959 Östergötland Decommissioned in 1982
J23 Hälsingland 1959 Östergötland Decommissioned in 1982
J24 [note 1] Lappland Cancelled in 1958 Halland Cancelled
J25 [note 1] Värmland Cancelled in 1958 Halland Cancelled

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d Never wore the hull number
  2. ^ Later wore number 23
  3. ^ Later wore number 22
  4. ^ Later wore number 21
  5. ^ Later wore number 24
  6. ^ Later wore number 25
  7. ^ Later wore number 26
  8. ^ Later wore number 1, 71 as a destroyer escort
  9. ^ Later wore number 2, 72 as a destroyer escort
  10. ^ Number 77 as a destroyer escort (uncertain if she wore this number)
  11. ^ Number 78 as a destroyer escort (uncertain if she wore this number)
  12. ^ Later wore number 73 as a destroyer escort
  13. ^ Later wore number 74 as a destroyer escort
  14. ^ Later wore number 75 as a destroyer escort
  15. ^ Later wore number 76 as a destroyer escort
  1. ^ Olsson, Kjell. "HMS Wales sista strid utanför Gotland" [HSwMS Wale's last battle outside Gotland]. www.tjelvar.se (in Swedish). Gotlands försvarshistoria och Gotlands trupper. Retrieved 31 October 2017.