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HSwMS Remus (28) was a Romulus-class destroyer of the Royal Swedish Navy during World War II. She had been built as Astore, a Spica-class torpedo boat for Italy's Regia Marina, in the mid-1930s and sold to Sweden in 1940. She was stricken in 1958 and scrapped in 1961.[1]

HSwMS Remus
History
Italy
Name	Astore
Builder	BS Napoletani
Launched	1934
Completed	30 May 1935
Fate	Sold to Sweden in 1940
Sweden
Name	Remus
Acquired	1940
Decommissioned	1958
Identification	28
Fate	Scrapped 1961
General characteristics
Displacement	795 long tons (808 t) standard 1,020 long tons (1,040 t) full load
Length	83.5 m (273 ft 11 in)
Beam	8.1 m (26 ft 7 in)
Draught	2.55 m (8 ft 4 in)
Propulsion	2 steam turbines, 2 shafts 19,000 hp (14,200 kW)
Speed	34 knots (39 mph; 63 km/h)
Complement	116
Armament	3 × 100 mm (4 in) / 47 caliber guns 10 × 20 mm (0.79 in) anti-aircraft guns 2 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) anti-aircraft machine guns 4 × 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes Up to 20 mines

Notes

References

• Birchfield, B.; Borgenstam, Carl; Caruana, Joseph & Frampton, Viktor (1988). "Question 3/87". Warship International. XXV (2): 205–210. ISSN 0043-0374.
• Robert Gardner, Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946 (1980) Conway Publishing : ISBN 0-85177-146-7
• Remus at Miramar ship index (subscription view)

External links

• Astore Marina Militare website

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