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Jötunn-class battleship

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RASVingnir1943.jpg
RAS Vingnir in 1943
Class overview
Name: Jötunn-class battleship
Operators: Acrea Royal Acrean Navy
Succeeded by: Valmeyjar-class
Planned: 4
Completed: 4
Cancelled: 0
Lost: 0
Retired: 0
Preserved: 0
General characteristics
Type: Battleship
Displacement: 73,000 tonnes fully loaded
Length: 263 m
Beam: 38.9 m
Draught: 10.4 m
Propulsion:
  • 12 × water-boilers
  • 318,000 shp
Speed: 27.5 knots (51 km/h)
Complement: 2,867 officers and crew
Armament:
  • 9 × 46cm guns
  • 12 × 15.5 cm guns
  • 12 x 13 cm guns
  • 80 x 40mm AA guns
  • 49 x 20mm AA guns

The Jötunn-class battleships were a class of four battleships constructed for the Royal Acrean Navy in the late 1930s and early 1940s.

Design

Armament

Armour

Propulsion

Construction

Service History

Units

# Hull Name Shipyard Laid down Launched Commissioned Fate
I BB401 RAS Jötunn Vänersköping Naval Yard 1937 1940 1941 Preserved as a museum ship
II BB402 RAS Vingnir Carcassonne Naval Yard 1938 1940 1941 Preserved as a museum ship
III BB411 RAS Vidicus Vänersköping Naval Yard 1938 1941 1942 Preserved as a museum ship
IV BB412 RAS Jörmungandr Carcassonne Naval Yard 1938 1941 1942 Preserved as a museum ship