 HMS Sölve monitor |
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Sölve |
| Namesake: | Sölve |
| Builder: | Ericsson-D'Ailly |
| Launched: | 1875 |
| Refit: | 1921 |
| Fate: | Preserved at the Maritiman marine museum in Gothenburg, Sweden. |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 460 metric tons[1] |
| Length: | 39.8 m[1] |
| Beam: | 8 m[1] |
| Draught: | 2.5 m[1] |
| Draft: | 2.5 m[1] |
| Crew: | 48 men[2] |
| Armor: | iron[3] |
HMS Sölve is a monitor warship, built in 1875 at the Motala Warf in Norrköping, Sweden,[1] by John Ericsson and J. C. A. d'Ailly[3]. It is one of the only monitors still in existence, and is currently moored at the Maritiman marine museum in Gothenburg, Sweden.[1]
The vessel was one of the last of the 15 Swedish monitors to be built for use by the Swedish Navy,[2] and was named for Sölve, a semi-legendary King of Sweden. It was converted into a tank barge in 1921 and was donated to the Maritiman marine museum by a scrapping shipyard after being retired from service.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Monitoren Sölve" (in Swedish). maritiman.se (Maritiman marine museum). http://www.maritiman.se/default.asp?viewset=1&on=Fartygsflottan&id=&initid=52&heading=Fartygsflottan&mainpage=templates/05.asp?sida=44. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
- ^ a b c "The Sölve monitor". Maritiman marine museum pamphlet. undated. http://bencourtney.com/maritiman/maritiman_pamphlet.gif. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
- ^ a b Glete, Jan (December 2003). "John Ericsson and the Transformation of Swedish Naval Doctrine" (PDF). International Journal of Naval History 2 (3). http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ijnhonline.org%2Fvolume2_number3_Dec03%2Fpdf_dec03%2FGlete%2520-%2520Ericsson%2520PDF.pdf&ei=CI_7R-fwLqT8wwGg-4wj&usg=AFQjCNE3fUcU1P7qzuCwkrcUE125SRrzOg&sig2=0XZOT-rOXFDBRGbP-Gh6fw. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
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