This is a list capital ships of Sweden of the period 1550-1859:
List
Note: Armament could vary over time.
*
''Elefant'' (65), 1558. Wrecked 1564.
* ''Finska Svan'' (82), 1559.
* ''Svenska Hektor'' (87), c. 1559. Discarded 1590?
* ''St Christopher'' (58), 1562.
* ''Engel'' (49), 1545.
*
''St Erik'' (90), 1559. Discarded 1585.
* , also known as ''Makalös'' and ''Jutehatar'' (107), c. 1563. Burnt 1564.
* ''Enhörning'' (41), 1564. Discarded 1577 or 1578.
* ''Stockholms Hjort'' (53)
* ''Förgylta Dufva'' (48), 1564.
* ''Hjort'' (50), 1563.
* ''Röda Hund'' (44), captured 1562. Sold c. 1572.
* ''Brämaren'' (46), 1560s.
* ''Lilla Svan'' (50)
* ''Lilia'' (44), 1562. Sold 1570.
* ''Lilla Hjort'' (40)
* ''Bruna Lejon'' (40), captured from
Livonia
Livonia ( liv, Līvõmō, et, Liivimaa, fi, Liivinmaa, German and Scandinavian languages: ', archaic German: ''Liefland'', nl, Lijfland, Latvian and lt, Livonija, pl, Inflanty, archaic English: ''Livland'', ''Liwlandia''; russian: Ли ...
1563.
* ''Röda Gripen'' (37), captured from Livonia 1563.
* ''Skotska Pincka'' (56), ex-Danish ''Skotske Pink'', captured from
Denmark
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1564. Captured by Denmark 1569.
* ''Hector'' (38), captured from Denmark 1563. Sunk.
* ''Svenska Morian'' (54)
* ''Tranheje'' (75)
* ''Bruna Lejon'' (45), 1563.
* ''Memnon'' (46), 1564 or 1565.
* ''Jonas von Emden'' (45), 1565.
* ''Hollands Galej'' (43), 1557 or 1558. Discarded 1570.
* ''Kalmar Bark'' (48), 1556. Discarded 1578 or 1579.
* ''Röda Drake'' (100), c. 1570. Discarded 1592?
* ''Röda Lejon'' (40), 1563. Wrecked 1572.
* ''Finska Memnon'' (46), 1564 or 1565. Condemned c. 1574.
* ''Tre Kronor'' (39), ex-Danish ''Vite Örn'', captured from Denmark while building c. 1598. Discarded c. 1625.
*
''Vasa'' (50), 1599. Burnt 1623.
* ''Äpplet'' (50), c. 1603.
*
''Äpplet'' (74), c. 1622. Sold back to builders 1625.
*
''Äpplet'' (66), c. 1628. Sunk 1659.
* ''Kristina'' (36), 1624. Wrecked 1628.
* ''Jupiter'' (50), c. 1633. Sold to
France
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1647.
* ''Mars'' (44), c. 1633. Discarded 1660.
*
''Kronan Ark'' (68), c. 1633. Sunk 1675.
*
''Göta Ark'' (72), 1634. Discarded 1650.
*
''Scepter'' (58), 1636. Sunk 1675.
* ''Patentia'' (48), c. 1616, ex-Danish ''Patientia'' (49), captured 1644.
*
''Oldenburg'' (42), c. 1628, ex-Danish ''Oldenborg'' (32), captured 1644. Condemned 1660.
* ''Tre Lejon'' (46), c. 1642, ex-Danish ''Tre Løver'' (38), captured 1644. Sunk 1667.
* ''Andromeda'' (44), 1649 or 1650. Wrecked 1654 or 1655.
* ''Vestervik'' (44), bought 1647. Burnt 1676.
*
''Cesar'' (54), c. 1648. Captured by Denmark 1677 and renamed ''Julius Caesar''.
* ''Maria'' (54), c. 1648. Condemned 1677.
* ''Sankt Anna'' (46), c. 1649. Given to France 1650.
*
''Wismar'' (44), c. 1649. Given away 1692.
*
''Herkules'' (58), 1654. Rebuilt 1689-90, sunk 1710.
*
''Carolus'' (54), 1650. Renamed ''Carolus IX'' 1678, sunk 1692?
* ''Merkurius'' (46), c. 1652. Renamed ''Falken'' (40), c. 1670, captured by Denmark 1675 and renamed ''Svenske Falk''.
*
''Falken'' (46), c. 1652. Sold to
Portugal
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c. 1670.
*
''Amarant'' (46), 1654. Captured by Denmark 1677 and renamed ''Amirante''.
* ''Apollo'' (46), bought 1654. Sunk 1677.
*
''Draken'' (64), 1656. Captured by Denmark 1677 and renamed ''Drage''.
* ''Mane'' (46), bought 1655. Sunk 1698.
*
''Göteborg'' (48), 1656. Condemned 1681.
*
''Viktoria'' (74), 1658. Sunk 1688?
* ''Pelikan'' (40), ex-Danish ''Pelikan'' (36), captured 1658. Captured by the
Dutch Republic
The United Provinces of the Netherlands, also known as the (Seven) United Provinces, officially as the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Dutch: ''Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden''), and commonly referred to in historiography ...
1658.
* ''Delmenhorst'' (26), ex-Danish ''Delmenhorst'' (44), captured 1658. Captured by the Dutch Republic 1658.
*
''Ulven'' (44), 1642, ex-Danish ''Graa Ulv'' (36), captured 1659. Sunk 1670.
* ''Fenix'' (41), c. 1650, ex-Danish ''Foniks'' (40), captured 1659. Pram 1679.
* ''Andromeda'' (52), c. 1659. Hulk 1692.
* ''Monikendam'' (42), c. 1640, ex-Dutch ''Monnikendam'' (28), captured 1659. Lighter 1676.
*
''Äpplet'' (90), 1661. Wrecked 1676.
* ''
Svärdet
''Svärdet'' ( Swedish: "the sword") was a Swedish warship that sank on 1 June 1676 at the Battle of Öland during the Scanian War, with most of its crew.
History
''Svärdet'' was, during the Scanian War, under the command of Claes Uggla, ...
'' (90), 1662. Burnt 1676.
*
''Saturnus'' (66), 1662. Renamed ''Bahus''/''Bohus'' (74), 1687, sunk 1707.
*
''Wrangel'' (64), 1664. Discarded 1713.
*
''Nyckel'' (84), 1665. Burnt 1679.
*
''Jupiter'' (70), 1665. Renamed ''Uppland'' 1689, sunk 1710.
*
''Spes'' (48), 1666. Wrecked 1697.
*
''Mars'' (70), c. 1667. Captured by Denmark 1677.
*
''Solen'' (70), c. 1667. Sunk 1694.
*
''Venus'' (68), 1667. Renamed ''Finland'' 1685, sunk 1706.
*
''Kronan'' (128), 1668. Capsized and exploded, 1676.
*
''Svenska Lejonet'' (40/52), 1656. Captured by Denmark 1677 and renamed ''Svenske Løve''.
*
''Wismar'' (58), c. 1694.
*
''Merkurius'' (68), 1672. Captured by the Dutch Republic 1677.
*
''Neptunus'' (44), c. 1673. Captured by Denmark 1676.
* ''(Sankt) Hieronymus'' (70), bought 1675. Captured by the Dutch Republic and given to Denmark, 1677.
* ''Wrangels Palats'' (44), hired 1675. Captured by Denmark 1677.
* ''Laxen'' (50), c. 1677. Captured by Denmark 1679.
* ''Kalmar'' (62), c. 1677. Burnt 1677.
*
''Carolus XI'' (82), 1678. Renamed ''Sverige'' 1683, ''Wenden'' 1684, ''Prins Carl'' 1694, ''Sverige'' 1694. Discarded 1721.
*
''Drottning Ulrika'' (70), c. 1680. Renamed ''Prinsessan Ulrika Eleonora'' 1692, ''Victoria'' 1694. Sunk 1714.
*
''Göta'' (76), c. 1684. Discarded 1712.
*
''Drottning Hedvig Eleanora'' (70), 1680. Renamed ''Sverige'' 1694, renamed ''Småland'' 1694, Discarded 1729.
*
''Karlskrona'' (70), 1686. Discarded 1730.
* ''Wrangel'' (70)
* ''Upland'' (70)
* ''Hercules'' (62)
*
''Öland'' (56), 1681. Wrecked 1705.
*
''Wachtmeister'' (56), c. 1681. Captured by
Russia
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at the
Battle of Ösel Island
The Battle of Osel Island took place on May 24, 1719 (O.S.), during the Great Northern War. It was fought near the island of Saaremaa (Ösel). It led to a victory for the Russian captain Naum Senyavin Naum Akimovich Senyavin (''Наум Аки ...
, 4 June 1719.
*
''Prins Carl'' (76), 1682. Renamed ''Stockholm'' 1694. Sunk 1710.
*
''Halland'' (56), c. 1682. Sunk 1722.
*
''Gotland'' (56), c. 1682. Sunk 1722.
*
''Lifland'' (56), c. 1682. Sunk 1726.
*
''Blekinge'' (70), 1682. Sunk 1713.
*
''Estland'' (56), c. 1683. Sunk 1732.
*
''Osel'' (56), c. 1683. Discarded 1718.
*
''Konung Karl'' (90), c. 1683. Renamed ''Drottning Hedvig Eleonora'' 1694, sunk 1712.
*
''Carolus IX'' (56), c. 1650. Discarded 1684.
* ''Mane'' (42)
*
''Carolus'' (110), 1694. Discarded 1771.
*
''Princessa Hedvig'' (80), 1692. Launched as ''Drottning Ulrika Eleonora'', renamed ''Wenden'' 1694, ''Prinsessan Hedvig Sofia'' 1694. Sunk 1715.
* ''Wenden'' (72)
*
''Viktoria'' (80), c. 1690. Renamed ''Prinsessan Ulrika Eleonora'' 1694, aground and burnt, 1710.
*
''Pommern'' (56), c. 1692. Discarded 1770.
*
''Södermanland'' (56), c. 1693. Captured by Denmark 1715 and renamed ''Sydermanland''.
*
''Kalmar'' (46), 1695. Scuttled 1719.
*
''Stettin'' (46), 1695. Scuttled 1719.
*
''Enigheten'' (94), c. 1696. Rearmed to 66 guns 1730, renamed ''Konung Fredrik'' 1732, sunk 1785.
*
''Westmanland'' (62), c. 1696. Rebuilt 1727, discarded 1778.
*
''Göteborg'' (48), c. 1696. Captured by Denmark 1715.
*
''Skåne'' (64), c. 1697. Rebuilt 1728, BU 1768.
*
''Wrede'' (52), c. 1697. Lost at sea 1711.
*
''Frederika Amalia'' (62), c. 1698. Rebuilt 1747, discarded 1776.
*
''Norrköping'' (52), c. 1698. Wrecked 1708.
*
''Wismar'' (46), c. 1694.
* ''Warberg'' (42), captured by Denmark 1719.
* ''Elfsborg'' (42)
*
''Götha Lejon'' (90), c. 1702. Discarded 1745.
*
''Nordstjernan'' (76), 1703. Captured by Denmark 1715 and renamed ''Nordstjern''.
*
''Prins Carl Fredrik'' (72), c. 1704. Sold 1797.
*
''Bremen'' (64), c. 1705. Sold 1781.
*
''Öland'' (50), c. 1705. Wrecked 1742.
*
''Tre Kronor'' (86), c. 1706. Aground and burnt, 1710.
*
''Werden'' (54), c. 1706. Discarded 1754.
*
''Nya Riga'' (54), c. 1708. Blew up 1717.
*
''Stockholm'' (68), c. 1708. Sold 1781.
* ''Fredrika/Prinsessa Fredrika von Hessen'' (52), scuttled, captured by Denmark and refloated, 1719.
* ''Halmstad'' (54), scuttled 1719.
* ''Prins Carl'' (90)
* ''Kronskepp'' (40), c. 1710, ex-Russian, captured 1713/14 on delivery voyage, ex-French ''Le Beau Parterre'', ex-Dutch ''Schonauwen'', captured 1711. Discarded 1722?
*
''Ulrika Eleonora'' (84), 1719. Discarded 1765.
* ''Greve Sparre'' (52), c. 1724.
*
''(Prinsesse), Sophia Charlotta'' (60), c. 1725. Sold 1781.
* ''Fred'' (42), c. 1730.
*
''Friheten'' (66), c. 1731. Sold 1781.
* ''Drottningholm'' (42), c. 1731.
*
''Hessen Cassel'' (64), c. 1731. Renamed ''Hertig Ferdinand'' 1779. Discarded 1807.
*
''Enigheten'' (70), 1732. Burnt 1790.
*
''Sverige'' (80), c. 1734. Wrecked 1738 during transfer to
Turkey
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.
*
''Prins Wilhelm'' (54), c. 1726. Sold 1781.
*
''Finland'' (60/64), c. 1735. Captured by Russia in the
Battle of Vyborg Bay, 3 July 1790.
*
''(Konung) Adolf Fredrik'' (62), c. 1744. Renamed ''Riksens Ständer'' 1770, aground and burnt, 13 May 1790.
* ''(Greve) Sparre'' (54), c. 1748.
*
''Uppland'' (50), c. 1749. Captured by Russia in the Battle of Vyborg Bay, 3 July 1790.
*
''Södermanland'' (50), c. 1749. Renamed ''Gripen'', discarded 1810.
* ''Gotha'' (66)
*
''Fredrik Rex'' (62), c. 1742. Sold 1795.
*
''Prins Carl'' (64), c. 1758. Captured by Russia at the
Battle of Reval
The naval Battle of Reval took place on 13 May 1790 (2 May OS) during the Russo-Swedish War (1788-1790), off the port of Reval (now Tallinn, Estonia).
Origins
Undaunted by the Swedish defeats and failures during 1789, the Swedish king, Gus ...
, 13 May 1790.
*
''Prins Gustaf'' (70), 1758. Captured by Russia at the
Battle of Hogland
The naval Battle of Hogland took place on 17 July (6 July Julian calendar, OS) 1788 during the Russo-Swedish War (1788-1790).
Origins
On the outbreak of war with Russia in 1788, Sweden planned to attack the Russian capital St. Petersburg. One ...
, 17 July 1788.
*
''(Prinsessin) Sophia Albertina'' (60/72/74/80), c. 1764. Wrecked in storm 20 August 1781.
*
''(Drottning) Sofia Magdalena'' (74), 1774. Captured by Russia at the Battle of Vyborg Bay, 3 July 1790.
*
''(Prins) Fredrik Adolph'' (62), 1774. Discarded 1825.
*
''(Konung) Adolph Fredrik'' (70), 1775. Discarded 1825.
*
''(Konung) Gustaf III'' (70), 1777. Discarded 1825.
Wasa class
:*
''Wasa'' (60), 1778. Discarded 1827.
:*
''Hedvig Elisabet Charlotta'' (60), c. 1781. Captured by Russia at the Battle of Vyborg Bay, 3 July 1790.
;''Kronprins Gustaf Adolph'' class (improved ''Wasa'' class),
:*
''Kronprins Gustaf Adolph'' (62), 1782. Captured by Russia at the Battle of Hogland, 17 July 1788, and renamed ''Prints Gustav'', lost at sea 1797.
:*
''Fädenerslandet'' (62), 1783. Discarded 1864.
:*
''Ömheten'' (62), 1783. Captured by Russia at the Battle of Vyborg Bay, 3 July 1790.
:*
''Rättvisan'' (62), 1783. Captured by Russia at the Battle of Vyborg Bay, 3 July 1790, captured by Britain 1808.
:*
''Dygden'' (62), 1784. Internal explosion and fire 1793.
:*
''Äran'' (62), 1784. Rebuilt as frigate ''Göteborg'' 1839, sold 1874.
:*
''Försiktigheten'' (62), 1784. Discarded 1825.
:*
''Dristigheten'' (62), 1785. Discarded 1867.
:*
''Manligheten'' (62), 1785. Discarded 1864.
:*
''Tapperheten'' (62), 1785. To
Gran Colombia
Gran Colombia (, "Great Colombia"), or Greater Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia (Spanish: ''República de Colombia''), was a state that encompassed much of northern South America and part of southern Central America from 1819 to 18 ...
as ''Bolivar'' 1825, sold at auction September 1826, to
Portugal
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by 1848.
:*
''Wladislaff'' (74), ex-Russian ''Vladislav'', captured 17 July 1788 at the Battle of Hogland. Discarded 1819.
:* ''Louisa Ulrika'' (72), c. 1789. Ex-East Indiaman. Captured by Russia at the Battle of Vyborg Bay, 3 July 1790.
:*
''Konung Gustaf IV'' (74), 1799. Renamed ''Gustaf den Store'' 1809, renamed ''Försiktigheten'' 1825. Discarded 1871.
:*
''Carl XIII'' (84), 1819. Discarded 1862.
:*
''Karl XIV Johan'' (84), 1824. Rearmed to 68. Discarded 1865.
:*
''Prins Oscar'' (76), 1830. Dicarded 1869.
:* ''Gustav den Store'' (76), c. 1832.
:*
''Stockholm'' (66), 1856. Discarded 1921.
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