HSwMS Claes Uggla

For other ships with the same name, see HSwMS Klas Uggla.
Claes Uggla as she ran aground in 1917
History
Sweden
NameClaes Uggla
Launched9 December 1899
Commissioned28 November 1900
FateWrecked, 22 June 1917
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General characteristics
TypeTorpedo cruiser
Displacement800 long tons (810 t)
Length70.71 m (232 ft) (o/a)
Beam8.3 m (27 ft 3 in)
Draught3 m (9 ft 10 in)
Armament
  • 2 × single 120 mm (4.7 in) guns
  • 4 × single 57 mm (2.2 in) guns
  • 1 × 38 cm (15 in) torpedo tube

HSwMS Claes Uggla was a Örnen-class torpedo cruiser built for the Swedish Navy during the 1890s, named after the 17th-century admiral Claes Uggla. The ship's name is spelled as Clas Uggla in some English-language sources. She ran aground and sank on 22 June 1917.

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