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Sunday, 23 October 2011

Swedish coast artillery regiment of Stockholm mobilized according to the Dutch newspaper Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad dated 24 February 1904

The Swedish government ordered to mobilize a part of the so-called coast artillery regiment of Stockholm. Two ironclads, a gunboat and three torpedo boats were lying prepared for service while another ironclad, a gunboat and a torpedo boat were fitted out. The conscripts of class 1902 of the coastal defence of Gothland were called for a 35 days during exercise.(1)

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1. Mobilisation probably caused by the war between Russia and Japan.