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HSwMS Romulus (27)

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History
Italy
NameSpica
BuilderBS Napoletani
Launched11.3.1934
FateSold to Sweden in 1940
Sweden
NameRomulus
Acquired1940
Decommissioned1958
FateStricken
General characteristics
TypeDestroyer
Displacement870 long tons (880 t) standard
Length81.4 m (267 ft 1 in)
Beam7.9 m (25 ft 11 in)
Draught3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Installed power19,000 hp (14,200 kW)
Propulsion2 boilers, 2 Tosi steam turbines, 2 shafts
Speed34 knots (39 mph; 63 km/h)
Complement110
Sensors and
processing systems
Sonar and hydrophones
Armament

HSwMS Romulus (27) was a destroyer of the Royal Swedish Navy, the name ship of her class. She was in service during World War II, and later, in the first decades of the Cold War.

Romulus had been built as Spica, a torpedo boat for Italy's Regia Marina, and the lead ship of her class. She was built in the mid-1930s and sold to Sweden in 1940. The ship served in the Royal Swedish Navy until she was stricken in 1958.

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References

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  • Birchfield, B.; Borgenstam, Carl; Caruana, Joseph & Frampton, Viktor (1988). "Question 3/87". Warship International. XXV (2): 205–210. ISSN 0043-0374.
  • Borgenstam, Curt; Insulander, Per & Kaudern, Gösta (1989). Jagare: med Svenska flottans jagare under 80 år [Destroyers: Swedish Navy Destroyers under 80 years] (in Swedish). Västra Frölunda: Marinlitteratur. ISBN 91-970700-4-1. SELIBR 7792227.
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  • Spica Marina Militare website