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Sunday, 7 October 2018

The Swedish naval budget according to the magazine Mitteilungen aus dem Gebiete des Seewesens dated 1904 no. 2

The Fylgia

The Fylgia. Quay Holland Amerika Lijn, Westerdoksdijk, Amsterdam, Netherlands around 27 May 1931. Source


An item reported that the Swedish naval budget for 1904 was 8.761.650 Swedish crones of which 2.542.900 for the armoured ship Oskar II, 2.713.650 for the cruiser Fylgia and 1.283.100 for the building of a Fylgia type cruiser. Further more 1.212.000 for building 2 destroyers, 400.000 for 2 torpedo boats 1st class, 400.000 for 7 torpedo boat 7th class and 210.000 for a transport.