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HMS Gotland

Axis & Allies War at Sea - HMS Gotland
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General TypeShip
Unit TypeCruiser
Cost10
SetSet V
ManufacturerHasbro
Available1939
Set ID38
Game Class LimitsGotland
CountrySweden (Details)
PrototypeHMS Gotland (Details)
Armor3
Vital8
Hull Points3
Speed139
Primary7/6/6/5
Torpedoes2/2/0/0
AA7/0/-/-
Special AbilityScout Cruiser
Special AbilityMines
Game RarityU
Axis & Allies War at Sea - HMS Gotland
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Prototype:
HSwMS Gotland was a seaplane cruiser of the Swedish Navy built by Götaverken.

The design of the ship started out in December 1926 as a seaplane carrier with room for twelve aircraft. When presented with the design, Sweden's Naval Construction Board decided that it wanted the ship to have cruiser and minelaying functions as well as operating as a seaplane carrier. The resulting 5,000-ton design presented in January 1927 proved impossible to build within the available budget of Sk16.5 million. The design was then reduced in size requiring one of the forward turrets be removed. Its guns were then placed in casemates either side of the superstructure, a feature otherwise found only in the American Omaha class cruisers. The construction contract for the ship was issued on 7 June 1930.

Hawker Osprey S 9, ready for launch on HSwMS Gotland Its aircraft complement consisted of six Hawker Osprey seaplanes. It had capacity for eight and attempts were made to purchase two more, unsuccessfully since production of the type had ceased. The aircraft were found to suffer from wave damage during rough weather, often forcing the ship to return to port.

During World War II Gotland sighted the German battleship Bismarck when it broke out of the Baltic Sea. The sighting was reported to Swedish Navy headquarters but the message was intercepted by the British embassy, which triggered the Battle of the Denmark Strait and the allied chase of the great battleship.

HSwMS Gotland was converted in 1944 to an anti-aircraft cruiser due to a lack of modern seaplanes. This involved the removal of the seaplanes and the addition of four 40 mm Bofors guns and two 20mm L/70 guns.[3] The Ospreys continued in service from harbour bases with the last being retired on 2 December 1947.

After World War II she served as a training ship. Starting 1953 and finishing in 1954 she was modified to allow her to serve as a fighter direction ship in the event of war as well as a training ship in peacetime. She was decommissioned in 1956, struck off in 1960, sold in 1962 and finally scrapped in 1963.
Country:
Sweden is a Scandinavian nation with thousands of coastal islands and inland lakes, along with vast boreal forests and glaciated mountains. Its principal cities, eastern capital Stockholm and southwestern Gothenburg and Malmö, are all coastal. Stockholm is built on 14 islands. It has more than 50 bridges, as well as the medieval old town, Gamla Stan, royal palaces and museums such as open-air Skansen.
Item created by: Lethe on 2015-05-31 17:46:30. Last edited by gdm on 2020-11-08 18:31:48

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