HSwMS Remus

Remus
History
Italy
NameAstore
BuilderBS Napoletani
Launched1934
Completed30 May 1935
FateSold to Sweden in 1940
Sweden
NameRemus
Acquired1940
Decommissioned1958
Identification28
FateScrapped 1961
General characteristics
Class & typeRomulus-class destroyer
Displacement630 long tons (640 t) (standard)
Length81.4 m (267 ft 1 in)
Beam8.2 m (26 ft 11 in)
Draft2.3 m (7 ft 7 in)
Installed power
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range1,700 nmi (3,100 km; 2,000 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement99
Sensors &
processing systems
Sonar and hydrophones
Armament

HSwMS Remus (28) was a Romulus-class destroyer that was purchased from the Royal Italian Navy in 1940 for the Royal Swedish Navy. She served during World War II and the first decades of the Cold War. The ship had been built as Astore during the 1930s.