HSwMS Puke (19)
History | |
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Italy | |
Name: | Bettino Ricasoli |
Namesake: | Bettino Ricasoli |
Builder: | Societa Pattison, Naples |
Launched: | 29 January 1926 |
Commissioned: | 11 December 1926 |
Fate: | Sold to Sweden, 1940 |
Sweden | |
Name: | Puke |
Acquired: | 1940 |
Commissioned: | 27 March 1940 |
Decommissioned: | 13 June 1947 |
Fate: | Scrapped, 1949 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Psilander-class destroyer |
Displacement: |
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Length: | 89.4 m (293 ft 4 in) |
Beam: | 8.6 m (28 ft 3 in) |
Draught: | 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in) |
Propulsion: |
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Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Range: | 1,800 nmi (3,300 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Complement: | 153 |
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HSwMS Puke (19) was a Psilander-class destroyer of the Royal Swedish Navy from 1940 to 1947. The ship was purchased from Italy by Sweden in 1940, along with her sister ship HSwMS Psilander. Before that, she served in the Regia Marina as Bettino Ricasoli, one of four members of the Italian Sella class. Puke was scrapped in 1947.
References
- Miramar Ship Index (subscription required)
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