Greatly Thanks to Psilander for the great drawing to add to this article
An item referred to the magazines Marine Rundschau and Le Yacht reporting that two tenders were received for building the new Swedish armoured ship Oscar II. The Kockumsyard at Malmö offered a building for 3.864.000 crones and the shipyards of Lingholm and Motala in a joined venture 3.390.000 crones. She was in fact an enlarged Tapperheten design to be armed with 2x1-21cm guns (in armour protected turrets), 4x2-15,2cm guns (in armour protected turrets) and 12 smaller guns. The engines and 12 Yarrow boilers were to supply 8.500 ihp allowing a speed of 18 miles.
