HSwMS Karl XIV Johan (1824)

HSwMS Karl XIV Johan was a ship of the line that served in the Swedish Navy and was built by Karlskrona Naval Shipyard. She was named after Karl XIV Johan. Commissioned in 1835 and decommissioned in 1867.^[1][2]

HSwMS Karl XIV Johan figurehead at Karlskrona Marinmuseum, Sweden on 26 November 2009.
History
Sweden
Name	Karl XIV Johan
Namesake	Karl XIV Johan
Builder	Karlskrona Naval Shipyard, Blekinge
Laid down	8 November 1817
Launched	10 November 1824
Commissioned	1835
Decommissioned	1867
Fate	Scrapped, 1867
General characteristics
Class & type	84-gun ship of the line
Displacement	2608 tons
Length	64 m (210 ft) o/a
Beam	14.7 m (48 ft)
Depth	6.8 m (22 ft)
Propulsion	1 × Motala steam engine 800 ihp (600 kW)
Speed	9 kn (17 km/h)
Complement	739
Armament	30 × 30-pdr cannons 30 × 24-pdr cannons 10 × 12-pdr cannons 15 × 24-pdr caronades

Design and description

Karl XIV Johan was 53.8 meters long, 14.4 meters wide and had a draft of 6.8 meters. The machinery installed in 1854 consisted of four steam boilers that generated steam for a Motala angle steam engine. The total engine power was 800 indicated horsepower. The ship had a top speed of 6.5 knots under engine and 9 knots under sail. At the time of completion, the equipment consisted of 84 pieces of varying calibers. The crew amounted to 739 men.^[3]

Construction and career

Karl XIV Johan was laid down by Karlskrona Naval Shipyard at their shipyard at Blekinge on 8 November 1817 and launched on 10 November 1824. She was commissioned in 1835. She did not see much service as she was scrapped in 1867.

Gallery

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  Karl XIV Johan circa 1830.