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In the early morning of 2 July [O.S. 19 June] 1915, the Russian squadron spotted and immediately opened fire on Augsburg, Albatross and three torpedo boats. Karpf commanded Roon and Lübeck, which at the time were heading towards Liepāja (Libau), to return to Gotland. At the same time he ordered Albatross to find shelter in Swedish territorial ...
This is a list of Swedish coastal defence ships of the period 1859-1918: They are sometimes called "coast defence battleships." They were listed in the 1938 edition of Jane's Fighting Ships as battleships, though they were not designed as such, nor capable of fighting true battleships one on one. Svea class. HSwMS Svea (1886) - Stricken 1945
King Gustaf V giving the Courtyard Speech. Rearmament was a special concern in Sweden because of the growing tensions in Europe.When Karl Staaff's government proposed a reduction in military spending and the cancellation of the order for the coastal defence ships that were later known as the Sverige-class coastal defence ship, more than 30,000 Swedish farmers marched to Stockholm to protest in ...
But the main difference was to be noted in their tactical doctrine and operations. Unlike other coastal defence ships, the Sverige class formed the core of a traditional open-sea battle group (Coastal Fleet), operating with cruisers, destroyers, torpedo boats and air reconnaissance like traditional battleship tactics of the time. This "mini ...
The Åland Islands are located in the northern Baltic Sea between Sweden and Finland. The population is Swedish-speaking, but after the 1809 Treaty of Fredrikshamn the islands were ceded to the Russian Empire together with a vast majority of the Finnish-speaking areas of Sweden, becoming the Grand Duchy of Finland, an autonomous part of the Russian Empire.
T42, converted to the picket boat HSwMS Skanör (V01) T43, converted to the picket boat HSwMS Smyge (V02) T44, converted to the picket boat HSwMS Arild (V03) T45; T46; T47; T48, converted to the picket boat HSwMS Slite (V06) T49; T50, converted to the picket boat HSwMS Marstrand (V07) T51, converted to the picket boat HSwMS Lysekil (V08) T52 ...
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Swedish victory Swedish raids in the Mediterranean Sea (859) Location: Mediterranean Sea, Spain, Italy Luni, Italy. Swedes (Germanic tribe) Islamic Spain Carolingian Empire: Swedish victory [2] [3] Swedish expedition to Courland (862) Sweden: Curonians: Swedish victory Swedish wars of conquest in Eastern Europe (850s-870) Location: Eastern Europe