HSwMS Konung Gustaf III was a ship of the line in the Swedish Navy. It was armed with 70 guns of various calibers across two gun decks. Konung Gustaf III was built at the Karlskrona Naval Shipyard from designs by Fredrik Henrik af Chapman and launched in 1777.
Service History During the Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790), under the command of Eric af Klint, she served as the flagship of the line fleet commanded by Duke Charles of Södermanland in his role as Grand Admiral, and took part in the battles of Hogland (1788), Öland’s southern cape (1789), and the Battle of Vyborg Bay (1790). The ship also participated in the Swedish-British squadron operating in the Gulf of Finland during the Finnish War of 1808–09, after which she was used as a blockship in Karlskrona. Between 1812 and 1814, she was briefly returned to service in the line fleet but was finally decommissioned in 1825 and subsequently broken up.
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