HSwMS Munin (1911)

Munin was a built for the Royal Swedish Navy during the 1910s. Completed in 1913, she conducted neutrality patrols during both World Wars.

Design and description

The Hugin-class ships were improved versions of the earlier and were the first Swedish warships built with steam turbines. The ships displaced at normal load and at full load. The destroyers measured long at the waterline and overall with a beam of and a draught of at normal load. The Hugins were powered by a pair of AEG-Curtiss direct-drive steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft using steam provided by four coal-fired Yarrow boilers. The turbines were designed to produce a total of for a maximum speed of. Munin handily exceeded her designed speed reaching. They carried enough coal to give them a range of at a speed of. The ships had a complement of 73 officers and ratings.
The Hugin class was armed with four m/05 guns in single mounts. One gun was situated on the forward superstructure and another on the stern; the other two were on the broadside amidships. The ships were also armed with two 457 mm torpedo tubes on single mounts located on the centreline between the stern gun and the rear funnel.

Modifications

The ships exchanged their single torpedo-tube mounts for twin-tube mounts in 1916 and Munin had her bridge elevated four years later. Both ships replaced their stern gun with a pair of twin-gun mounts for [Bofors 25 mm M/32|] Bofors anti-aircraft guns in 1939. They also had a pair of depth charge racks added at the stern.

Construction and career

Munin was launched on 5 December 1911 by Kockums Mekaniska Verkstad at its shipyard in Malmö. The ship was commissioned on 10 January 1913. The ship conducted neutrality patrols during both World Wars. Munin was decommissioned on 18 October 1940.