Service HSwMS_John_Ericsson



john ericsson after reconstruction


generally monitors kept in reserve of year; being commissioned 2 4 months during summer , fall. john ericsson kept pattern between 1865 , 1873, remained in reserve afterward until 1882. rearmed 2 240-millimeter (9.4 in) m/76 guns in 1881 while original dahlgren guns became part of ericsson monument @ filipstad. reactivated in 1882 , 1883, sporadically thereafter. ship reconstructed between 1892 , 1895; gun turret fixed in place , modified serve barbette 2 new 152-millimeter (6 in) bofors m/89 guns. guns depress −5° , elevate +13°, , had firing arc of 290°. 2 57-millimeter (2.2 in) nordenfeldt m/92 quick-firing guns added on superstructure. ship s boilers replaced new cylindrical ones had working pressure of 5.5 kg/cm (539 kpa; 78 psi) , john ericsson reached 8.17 knots (15.13 km/h; 9.40 mph) on sea trials on 14 may 1901. during 1900s 2 25-millimeter machine guns removed , four, later six, more 57-millimeter guns added superstructure. ship assigned karlskrona local defense force during 1913–18, , sold gotland cement company (swedish: gotländska kalkstenskompaniet) in november 1919. company converted barge , used next forty years; final fate unknown.








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