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Edited and
Designed by:

Johnny E. Balsved

Data Sheet

Service

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Classification

Type:

Light Cruiser
- from January 7, 1914: Submarine Tender
- after 1915: Lodging and Station Ship

Class:

HEKLA Class

Other Ships
in Class:

GEJSER
HEJMDAL

Specifications

Built by:

Naval Dock Yard, Copenhagen

Design:

n/a

Laid down:

May 9, 1889

Launched:

November 28, 1890

Commissioned:

1891

Decommissioned:

1954

Pennant Number:

n/a

Int'l Call Sign:

n/a

Displacement:

1,322 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

72.30 m

10.36 m

3.45 m

Complement:

156 officers and men

Propulsion:

3,000 Hps

Range:

1,800 nautical miles at 10 knots

Armament:

2 x 15 cm Guns
4 x 57 mm Guns
6 x 37 mm Machineguns
2 x 8 mm Machineguns
1 x 45 cm Bow Torpedo Tube
1 x 38 cm Stern Torpedo Tube
2 x 38 cm Torpedo Tubes

The 57 mm Guns were 1912 replaced by:

4 x 57 mm Anti Aircraft Guns

Speed:

17.1 knots

Notes

None

Sources:

&

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

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Vore krydsere, by R. Steen Steensen, Commander s.g., Marinehistorisk Selskab, Strubes forlag, 1971

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

44You are also referred to the Naval Bibliography