HSwMS Remus

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Remus
History
Italy
NameAstore
BuilderBS Napoletani
Launched1934
Completed30 May 1935
FateSold to Sweden in 1940
Sweden
NameRemus
Acquired1940
Decommissioned1958
Identification28
FateScrapped 1961
General characteristics
Displacement
  • 795 long tons (808 t) standard
  • 1,020 long tons (1,040 t) full load
Length83.5 m (273 ft 11 in)
Beam8.1 m (26 ft 7 in)
Draught2.55 m (8 ft 4 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 steam turbines, 2 shafts
  • 19,000 hp (14,200 kW)
Speed34 knots (39 mph; 63 km/h)
Complement116
Armament

HSwMS Remus (28) was a Romulus-class destroyer of the Royal Swedish Navy during World War II. She had been built as Astore, a Spica-class torpedo boat for Italy's Regia Marina, in the mid-1930s and sold to Sweden in 1940. She was stricken in 1958 and scrapped in 1961.

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References[edit]

  • Birchfield, B.; Borgenstam, Carl; Caruana, Joseph & Frampton, Viktor (1988). "Question 3/87". Warship International. XXV (2): 205–210. ISSN 0043-0374.
  • 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.
  • Whitley, M. J. (2000). Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. London: Cassell & Co. ISBN 1-85409-521-8.
  • Remus at Miramar ship index (subscription view)

External links[edit]

  • Astore Marina Militare website