HSwMS Saga

HSwMS Saga was a steam corvette of the Royal Swedish Navy.

Saga at Karlskrona, c. 1900.
History
Sweden
Name: Saga
Builder: Karlskrona Yard
Laid down: 7 August 1874
Launched: 12 November 1877
In service: 20 June 1878
Out of service: 25 June 1926
General characteristics
Displacement: 1617 tons
Length: 61 m (200.13 ft)
Beam: 10.2 m (33.46 ft)
Draft: 5.6 m (18.37 ft)
Speed: 11 knots (20.37 km/h)
Complement: 188 men
Armament:
  • As built:
  • 1 × 167 mm gun
  • 6 × 122 mm guns
  • After 1888 rebuild:
  • 1 × 152 mm gun
  • 8 × 122 mm guns
  • 1 × 65 mm landing gun

Saga was used for training sailors. During the winter season she served as a depot ship for the recruit unit. Saga was used as a cadet vessel from 1878 to 1887, and from 1894 to 1909, later being used as a barracks ship. She was decommissioned in 1926. Her propeller is displayed outside the Naval Museum in Karlskrona.

  • Saga's figurehead, created by Carl August Sundwall
  • Etching by N. E. Anckers

Service history

In June 1902, Saga visited Sheerness.[1]

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References
  1. "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36791). London. 11 June 1902. p. 13.
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