AHC ,Larger Swedish navy with Colonial Empire .

Your mission should you chose to except it is to give Sweden a colonial empire with a POD after 1816 .It does not have to be large ,just a few islands in the Pacific or Caribbean and/or African holdings the size of Spanish Sahara .Then you have to turn Sweden into a naval power on par with any of the south American nations were in the early 1890`s .The navy must have at least a squadron of BB`s and enough smaller vessels to protect the nations holdings from any hostile power (Russia ,Germany ,Denmark ,UK and others ) .Double points if you can continue the scenario past WWII or even butterfly away the war .
 
Just how big do you want ?

turn Sweden into a naval power on par with any of the south American nations
Can be done with a dreadnought or two,

enough smaller vessels to protect the nations holdings from any hostile power (Russia ,Germany ,Denmark ,UK and others )
Requires just a little bit more ;)
 
I was thinking along the lines of a quartet of BB`s and AC`s to match and when HMS Dreadnought rolls off the stocks at least two are built in Sweden .Oh and please name what Sweden`s colonies are .
 
Here is what I was thinking .
Sweden holds onto Guadeloupe and in the early nineteenth century buys the Bahamas from Britain ,and along with a few other islands bought from France and Spain are known as the Swedish west Indies .
During the scramble for Africa and subsequent treaty of Berlin in 1885 Sweden claims some of OTL French north Africa (I`m thinking a coastal strip of land either in modern day Mauritania or maybe Portugal sells some of their holdings but nonetheless Sweden gains some colonial holdings in Africa .
Sweden also claims a few Pacific islands as well .Like Samoa and Tonga .
The new empire Sweden has means increased tensions with the Russians ,British and French that forces Sweden to enlarge the small Swedish royal navy and by about 1900 the fleet has the following ships all built in the last ten years .
4 Modern Battleships .
6 Armored Cruisers .
14 Protected Cruisers with two more building .
26 Torpedo Boats with three more building .
9 Sloops for colonial duties in Africa .
6 Sloops for colonial duties in the Caribbean .
This navy is rendered mostly obsolete with the launching of HMS Dreadnought and the Swedish navy plans to build four ships of the new type ,as well as four Battlecruisers once Invincible comes off the stocks .
This fleet is only partially complete by the time WWI breaks out .The war suspends all Swedish construction though Sweden takes no part in the war .At the end of the conflict Sweden has the following ships added to the fleet .
2 Dreadnoughts .
1 Superdreadnought .
2 Cruisers .
5 Light Cruisers .
7 Submarines .
The fleet is not expanded after the war as with Russia in revolution and Germany and France in turmoil there is no longer a need for a big navy .Sweden is allowed to buy the Solomon islands from the UK after they had been seized from Germany and they are added to the Swedish empire .The existing ships are kept in service but it is only in the mid thirties that Sweden again builds other ships for the fleet .When WWII breaks out Sweden has only completed half of the fleet but unlike WWI Sweden will not stop construction and adds additional units to the fleet .At wars end Sweden has the following in the fleet .
6 Battleships (Two Dreadnoughts updated in the thirties included )
8 Heavy Cruisers .
12 Light Cruisers .
29 Destroyers .
34 Frigates .
12 Submarines .
End .
 
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