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Tuesday, 21 November 2017

Swedish chief of the defence staff proposed to keep a squadron through the whole year in service according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1939 no. 8

An item referred to the Proceedings dated May 1939 reporting that the Swedish chief of the defence staff proposed the commission during the whole year of 3 ironclads, the mine cruiser Clas Fleming (1) and 2 of the new guard vessels. During the summer were also more ships to be in service.

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1. Building ordered in 17 May 1910, launched by Bergsund Finnboda, Stockholm, Sweden on 14 December 1912, commissioned in February 1914, overhauled in 1939-1940, stricken in January 1959 and then sold to be broken up.