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* She was initially designated as a "light aviation cruiser", able to carry twelve seaplanes, and was then concerted as an "anti-aircraft cruiser" at the end of WW2 due to the lack of seaplanes. After the war, she served in various auxiliary roles.
* During World War II Gotland sighted the German battleship Bismarck when it broke out of the Baltic Sea. The sighting was reported to Swedish Navy headquarters but the message was intercepted by the British embassy, which triggered the Battle of the Denmark Strait and the Allied chase of the great battleship.
* During World War II Gotland sighted the German battleship Bismarck when it broke out of the Baltic Sea. The sighting was reported to Swedish Navy headquarters but the message was intercepted by the British embassy, which triggered the Battle of the Denmark Strait and the Allied chase of the great battleship.
* Her insignia is a black sheep, being represented on some of her equipment.
* Her insignia is a black sheep, being represented on some of her equipment.