the Swedish Navy have been named HSwMS Wachtmeister, named after the Swedish noble family of Wachtmeister: Wachtmeister (1681) was a ship launched in 1681...
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exercise on the evening of 8 June 1922, Wachtmeister was rammed just forward of the bridge by the destroyer HSwMS Vidar. Three men aboard Vidar were seriously...
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HSwMS Sverige was a Sverige-class coastal defence ship (Pansarskepp) commissioned by Sweden during the last year of the First World War. The ship cost...
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HSwMS M9 HSwMS M10 HSwMS M11 HSwMS M12 HSwMS M13 HSwMS M14 HSwMS M15 HSwMS M16 HSwMS M17 HSwMS M18 HSwMS M19 HSwMS M20 HSwMS M21 HSwMS M22 HSwMS M23 HSwMS M24...
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HSwMS Manligheten was a Äran-class coastal defence ship that served with the Swedish Navy. A development of Dristigheten, the Äran class mounted the same...
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Kaparen HSwMS Magne HSwMS Mjölner HSwMS Mode HSwMS Munin HSwMS Mysing HSwMS Snapphanen HSwMS Spejaren HSwMS Starkodder HSwMS Styrbjörn HSwMS Tirfing HSwMS Tordön...
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Sweden, HSwMS Wrangel and HSwMS Wachtmeister were both laid down in 1916 and completed in 1918. They were initially given the pennant numbers 9 and 10 respectively...
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light tanks, only 3 of which were considered to be modern (the remaining 10 had been in service since the 1920s). In 1945, the number of tanks serving...
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of the Swedish Nobility Foundation in 1941 succeeding Count Henning Wachtmeister [sv] who died the year before. Riben resigned four years later. Riben...
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Destroyers of Sweden. Olsson, Kjell. "HMS Wales sista strid utanför Gotland" [HSwMS Wale's last battle outside Gotland]. www.tjelvar.se (in Swedish). Gotlands...
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November. The 15 April was commemorated for the dead crew of the submarine HSwMS Ulven. The memorial service was held annually until 1986, thereafter every...
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