HSwMS Göta Lejon

For other ships with the same name, see Chilean ship Almirante Latorre.

Göta Lejon in 1958
History
Sweden
Name	Göta Lejon
Namesake	Göta Lion
Builder	Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstads AB, Gothenburg
Laid down	27 September 1943
Launched	17 November 1945
Commissioned	15 December 1947
Out of service	1 July 1970
Motto	Nemo me impune lacessit ("No one provokes me with impunity")
Fate	Sold to Chile, 1971
Badge
Chile
Name	Almirante Latorre
Commissioned	1971
Decommissioned	1984
Identification	CL-04
Fate	Scrapped, 1986
General characteristics
Class and type	Tre Kronor-class cruiser
Displacement	8,200 long tons (8,332 t) standard 9,200 long tons (9,348 t) full load
Length	182 m (597 ft 1 in)
Beam	16.7 m (54 ft 9 in)
Draft	5.7 m (18 ft 8 in)
Propulsion	2 shafts
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Complement	445
Armament	As built : 7 × Bofors 152 mm guns 20 × Bofors 40 mm guns 9 × 20 mm guns 6 × torpedo tubes From 1950 : 7 × 152 mm (6 in) guns 21 × 40 mm guns 6 × 20 mm guns 6 × torpedo tubes
Armour	Belt: 70 mm (2.8 in) Deck: 30 + 30 mm (1.2 + 1.2 in) Conning tower and turrets: 127 mm (5 in)

HSwMS Göta Lejon was a Swedish cruiser. Together with her sister ship Tre Kronor, they were the largest ships ever to serve in the Royal Swedish Navy. In 1971 Göta Lejon was sold to Chile where she was renamed Almirante Latorre and served in the Chilean Navy until 1984. She was sold to Taiwan in 1986 to be scrapped.

Bibliography

• Westerlund, Karl-Eric (1980). "Sweden". In Chesneau, Roger (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. New York: Mayflower Books. pp. 368–377. ISBN 0-8317-0303-2.
• Westerlund, Karl-Eric & Chumbley, Stephen (1995). "Sweden". In Chumbley, Stephen (ed.). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. pp. 443–453. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.
• Whitley, M. J. (1995). Cruisers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-141-6.

External links

• Göta Lejons sista resa (Göta Lejon's last voyage) Militærhistoria.se. (in Swedish)