History
Sweden
NamePsilander
Launched25 November 1899
Commissioned20 July 1900
Decommissioned1 July 1937
FateExpended as a target 1939
General characteristics
TypeTorpedo cruiser
Displacement800 long tons (810 t)
Length69 m (226 ft 5 in)
Beam8.2 m (26 ft 11 in)
Draught3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Armament2 × 120 mm (4.7 in) guns, 4 × 57 mm (2.2 in) guns, 1 × 38 cm (15 in) torpedo tube

HSwMS Psilander was a torpedo cruiser of the Swedish Navy. She was commissioned on 20 July 1900. From 1927 until 1937 she was used for cadet training, and was sunk after being used as an artillery target on 3 August 1939. She was named after the 17th century admiral Gustaf von Psilander.


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