HSwMS Stockholm (1856)

Stockholm was 56.6 meters long, 14.8 meters wide and had a draft of 6.9 meters. The vessel's displacement amounted to just over 2,846 tonnes.

The machinery in Stockholm consisted of two steam boilers that generated steam for a Motala angle steam engine. The full engine power was about 800 indicated horsepower, which gave a maximum speed of 6.5 knots. When sailing, the propeller could be hoisted up into a shaft.

At the time of launch, the equipment consisted of sixty-four 30-pound cannons, six 72-pound bomb cannons and a six-pound landing cannon. Furthermore, the ship was equipped with an 18-pound and a 12-pound cartridge.[2]

Stockholm was laid down by Karlskrona Naval Shipyard at their shipyard at Blekinge on 8 November 1832 and launched on 29 November 1856. Only after 20 years of work was the ship completed. During this time, however, the technical development was rapid, which is why construction was already provided with a steam engine and propeller during construction. She was commissioned on 20 May 1857.

Like HSwMS Karl XIV Johan, Stockholm did not last long, but was converted in 1872 into a school ship, and was occasionally used as accommodation. The year before, three of the lighter cannons had also been removed. In 1879, Stockholm was reclassified as an artillery school ship and underwent an extensive rearmament, as she was provided with back-loaded artillery, among other things.

From 1881 she was used as a patrol vessel in Karlskrona and in 1891 the tackle was reduced. The following year, the machinery was also removed, after which she was designated a lodging vessel. She was then consulted at Hallands Väderö and was finally beheaded in Torekov. She was decommissioned on 30 July 1921 and scrapped at Torekov in 1923.[3]

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  HSwMS Stockholm stern in 1983.
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  HSwMS Stockholm ornament on display at Karlskrona Marinmuseum, Sweden on 1 September 2010.
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  HSwMS Stockholm figurehead on display at Karlskrona Marinmuseum, Sweden on 26 November 2009.