Romulus-class destroyer

The Romulus class was a class of two destroyers operated by the Royal Swedish Navy during the Second World War. The class consisted of HSwMS Romulus and HSwMS Remus. They were built in Italy as the Spica-class torpedo boats Spica and Astore in the mid-1930s and sold to Sweden in 1940. The two ships were adapted for northern conditions and remained in service during World War II and into the first decades of the Cold War. They were modernized and re-designated as anti-submarine frigates in 1953. Both ships were discarded in 1958.

Romulus
Class overview
Name	Romulus class
Operators	Swedish Navy
Succeeded by	Mode class
Built	1934
In service	1940–1958
Completed	2
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	870 long tons (880 t) standard
Length	81.4 m (267 ft 1 in)
Beam	7.9 m (25 ft 11 in)
Draught	3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Installed power	2 boilers 19,000 hp (14,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 steam turbines
Speed	34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Complement	110
Sensors and processing systems	Sonar and hydrophones
Armament	3 × 100 mm (3.9 in) 100/47 dual-purpose guns 6 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Breda 20/65 mod. 35 AA guns 4 × 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes (2 × twin mounts) 2 × depth charge throwers Up to 20 mines

Ships

Name	Pennant numbers	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Decommissioned	Fate
Romulus	27	BSN, Naples	30 May 1935	1940 from Italy	1958	Stricken
Remus	28	BSN, Naples	30 May 1935	1940 from Italy	1958	Most likely scrapped

Notes

References

• Borgenstam, Curt; Insulander, Per & Kaudern, Gösta (1989). Jagare: med Svenska flottans jagare under 80 år [Destroyers: Swedish Navy Destroyers under 80 years] (in Swedish). Västra Frölunda: Marinlitteratur. ISBN 91-970700-4-1. SELIBR 7792227.
• 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.