List of coastal defence ships of the Swedish Navy
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This is a list of Swedish pansarskepps of the period 1859-1918:
They are commonly but incorrectly[citation needed] called "coast defence battleships" in many sources. They were listed in the 1938 edition of Jane's Fighting Ships as battleships, though they were not designed as such, nor capable of fighting true battleships one on one.
- HSwMS Svea (1886) - Stricken 1945
- HSwMS Göta (1891)
- HSwMS Thule (1893)
- HSwMS Oden (1897)
- HSwMS Niord (1899)
- HSwMS Thor (1898)
- HSwMS Dristigheten (1900) - Converted to an Aircraft Tender and Depot Ship prior to 1938
- HSwMS Äran (1901) - Stricken 1947
- HSwMS Wasa (1901) (1901)
- HSwMS Tapperheten (1901) - BU 1952
- HSwMS Manligheten (1903)
- HSwMS Oscar II (1905) - BU 1974
- HSwMS Sverige (1915)
- HSwMS Drottning Victoria (1917)
- HSwMS Gustav V (1918)
Gallery
HSwMS Svea was the first Swedish coastal defence ship...
...and HSwMS Gustav V was the last one.