HSwMS Göteborg

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HSwMS Göteborg was a destroyer of the Royal Swedish Navy that served during the Second World War and in the Cold War. The lead ship of the class, Göteborg was launched on 14 October 1935 as an improvement on the previous Ehrensköld class. The destroyer was sunk during the Hårsfjärden disaster of 7 September 1941 when an explosion amongst the torpedoes mounted aft led to the loss of thirty lives, the largest number in Swedish territorial waters during the war. The destroyer was repaired and re-entered operations protecting Sweden's neutrality until the end of the war. The destroyer served until 15 August 1958 when the vessel was retired. Göteborg was subsequently sunk as a target on 14 August 1962. The name of the ship was also used as a cover by the German destroyer Z18 Hans Lüdemann during the invasion of Norway in April 1940.

1936 — 1958  WikimediaWikidata
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  • Gribshunden
    Danish warship sunk in 1495, now one of the best-preserved wreckages from the early modern period
  • HSwMS Göteborg
    1935 Göteborg-class destroyer
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1936 — 1958 HSwMS Göteborg
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ship decommissioning
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ship commissioning
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