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Johnny E. Balsved

Data Sheet

Service

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Classification

Type:

Ship-of-the-Line

1862-1864: Refitted as Ironclad Frigate

After 1878: Training and Lodging Ship

Class:

n/a

Other Ships
in Class:

None

Specifications

Built by:

Naval Dock Yard, Copenhagen

Design:

n/a

Laid down:

April 28, 1848

Launched:

September 25, 1850

Commissioned:

May 17, 1853

Decommissioned:

February 2, 1875

Pennant Number:

n/a

Int'l Call Sign:

n/a

Displacement:

4,747 tons, as an Ironclad Frigate: 3,057 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

65.5 m

15.5 m

7.1 m

Complement:

n/a

Propulsion:

From 1864: Baumgarten & Burmeister - 1,150 Hps

Range:

n/a

Armament:

72 x 30-pounds Guns
10 x 4-pounds Howitzers

From 1864:

12 x 60-pounds 88 Cnt. Guns (rifled)
2 x 60-pounds 150 Cnt. Guns (rifled)
3 x 18-pounds 40 Cnt. Guns (rifled)

After 1865:

6 x 60-pounds 150 Cnt. Guns (rifled)
8 x 24-pounds 62 Cnt. Guns (rifled)

Speed:

8,7 knots (as an Ironclad Frigate)

Notes

None

More Photos

The DANNEBROG after refitting as an Ironclad Frigate.
(Photo: 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