the "hugin" class of destroyers consisted of (24), previously (7), and previously (8). these were destroyers in the royal swedish navy built prior to the first world war and surviving without major incident through their lifespan. hswms "hugin" was built by götaverken and launched on december 10, 1910 while hswms "munin" was constructed by kockums and launched december 5, 1911. the ship class was built with steam turbines instead of piston engines as the previous swedish destroyers had been. hswms "hugin" was in service until june 13, 1947 while hswms "munin" had been decommissioned on october 18, 1940.