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Friday 24 November 2017

Sweden transferring naval base from Stockholm towards Erstavik according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1939 no. 6

An item referred to the magazine Marine Rundschau dated April 1939 reporting that the naval base at Stockholm, Sweden was to be transferred to Erstavik, 11 kilometres south east of Stockholm. Building costs 60 million crones. Among the planned facilities were 2 floating dry docks with respectively 5.500 and 2.000 lifting capacity and one graven dock with as dimensions 160 x 25 x 10 metres.