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Edited and
Designed by:

Johnny E. Balsved

Classification

Type:

Coast Defense Ship (previously named Ironclad or Coastal Battleship)

Class:

HERLUF TROLLE Class

Units in Class

PT No.:

Name:

Launched:

Comm.:

Decomm.:

-

HERLUF TROLLE

09/01/1899

06/07/1901

04/30/1932

-

OLFERT FISCHER

05/09/1903

05/31/1905

10/17/1936

-

PEDER SKRAM

05/02/1908

09/24/1908

08/29/1943

Comments to the Class

None

Specifications

Built by:

Royal Naval Dockyard, Copenhagen

Design:

Danish Admiralty Design

Displacement:

3,650-3,783 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

82.86-87.4 m

15.1-15.7 m

5.09 m

Complement:

254-262 officers and men

Propulsion:

4,400-5,400 Hps

Range:

2,500-2,620 nautical miles at 9 knots

Armament:

2 x 24 cm Guns
4 x 15 cm Guns
10 x 57 mm Guns
8 x 37 mm Guns
1 x 45 cm Torpedo Tube (bow)
2 x 45 cm Torpedo Tubes (amidships) (2x1)
2 x 90 cm Search Lights
2 x 75 cm Search Lights

For specific armament etc. see the single ships.

Speed:

15.6-16 Knots

Additional Notes

None

More Photos

The coast defense ship HERLUF TROLLE.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

The coast defense ship OLFERT FISCHER.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

The coast defense ship PEDER SKRAM.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

Sources:

&

Oplysninger vedrørende den danske flaades skibe i sidste aarhundrede, by etatsråd H. Degenkolv, Copenhagen, 1906.

&

Vore orlogsskibe fra halvfemserne til nu, by Kay Larsen, Nyt Nordisk Forlag/Arnold Busck, 1932

&

Vore Panserskibe 1863-1943, by R. Steen Steensen, Marinehistorisk Selskab, Copenhagen 1968

44You are also referred to the Naval Bibliography