The ''Oden'' class was a class of coastal defence ships of the

Swedish Navy The Swedish Navy ( sv, Svenska marinen) is the naval branch of the Swedish Armed Forces. It is composed of surface and submarine naval units – the Fleet () – as well as marine units, the Amphibious Corps (). In Swedish, vessels o ...

. The class comprised ''Oden'', ''Niord'' and ''Thor''.

Design

Dimensions and machinery

The ships of the class had an overall length of , a beam of , and a draught of , and had a displaced .Campbell, p. 261 The ships were equipped with 2 shaft reciprocating engines, which were rated at and produced a top speed of .

Armour

The ships had belt armour of and turret armour.

Armament

The main armament of the ships where two single turret guns. Secondary armament included six single guns and ten single guns.

Construction

''Oden'' was laid down in 1894 at the ''Bergsund At Finnboda'' shipyard and was launched in 1896. She was commissioned in 1898. ''Niord'' was laid down in 1900 at the ''Lindholmen At Goteborg'' shipyard and was launched in 1898. She was commissioned in 1899. ''Thor'' was laid down in 1896 also at the ''Bergsund At Finnboda'' shipyard and was launched in 1898. She was commissioned in 1899.

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Description of class
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