HSwMS Orädd

	Orädd, pictured in 1866
History
Sweden
Name	Orädd
Builder	Karlskrona Yard
Launched	10 September 1853
Commissioned	7 June 1854
Decommissioned	3 December 1866
General characteristics
Displacement	810 tons
Length	48.1 m (157.81 ft)
Beam	8.9 m (29.20 ft)
Draft	3.49 m (11.45 ft)
Speed	9 knots (16.67 km/h)
Complement	130 men
Armament	6 × 155 mm guns; 1 × 77 mm gun; 2 x 202 mm Paixhans guns;

HSwMS Orädd was a steam corvette built for the Swedish Navy in the 19th century. She was launched in 1853 and was the fourth steam-powered combat ship built for the Swedish military. Orädd sank on 3 December 1866 close to Dungeness in the English Channel, with the loss of 12 men. The ship was on a journey back from Le Havre to Sweden after having delivered artworks for the 1867 Paris Exposition. Less than two weeks after its sinking, the wreck was sold at an auction.^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m von Hofsten, Gustaf; Waernberg, Jan; Ohlsson, Curt S. (2003). Örlogsfartyg: svenska maskindrivna fartyg under tretungad flagg. [Forum navales skriftserie], 1650-1837; [6] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Svenskt militärhistoriskt bibl. i samarbete med Marinlitteratur. p. 91. ISBN 91-974384-3-X. OCLC 57511564. SELIBR 8873330.
^ "Ångkorvetter byggda i Karlskrona under 1800-talets senare hälft" (in Swedish). Karlskrona: Varvshistoriska Föreningen i Karlskrona. Retrieved 7 February 2026.

[hofsten-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m von Hofsten, Gustaf; Waernberg, Jan; Ohlsson, Curt S. (2003). Örlogsfartyg: svenska maskindrivna fartyg under tretungad flagg. [Forum navales skriftserie], 1650-1837; [6] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Svenskt militärhistoriskt bibl. i samarbete med Marinlitteratur. p. 91. ISBN 91-974384-3-X. OCLC 57511564. SELIBR 8873330.

[vhfk-2] "Ångkorvetter byggda i Karlskrona under 1800-talets senare hälft" (in Swedish). Karlskrona: Varvshistoriska Föreningen i Karlskrona. Retrieved 7 February 2026.

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