HSwMS Psilander (1899)
HSwMS Psilander was a torpedo cruiser of the Swedish Navy. She was commissioned on 20 July 1900. From 1927 until 1937 she was used for cadet training, and was sunk after being used as an artillery target on 3 August 1939. She was named after the 17th century admiral Gustaf von Psilander.
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| History | |
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| Name | Psilander |
| Launched | 25 November 1899 |
| Commissioned | 20 July 1900 |
| Decommissioned | 1 July 1937 |
| Fate | Expended as a target 1939 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Torpedo cruiser |
| Displacement | 800 long tons (810 t) |
| Length | 69 m (226 ft 5 in) |
| Beam | 8.2 m (26 ft 11 in) |
| Draught | 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) |
| Armament | 2 × 120 mm (4.7 in) guns, 4 × 57 mm (2.2 in) guns, 1 × 38 cm (15 in) torpedo tube |
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