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Classification

Type:

Armored Ship or Ironclad Monitor

Class:

n/a

Other Ships
in Class:

None

Specifications

Built by:

Naval Dock Yard, Copenhagen

Design:

Naval Dock Yard, Copenhagen

Laid down:

May 20, 1876

Launched:

May 9, 1878

Commissioned:

August 20, 1879

Decommissioned:

June 29, 1907

Pennant Number:

n/a

Int'l Call Sign:

n/a

Displacement:

5,480 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

79.17 m

18.05 m

5.90 m

Complement:

350 officers and men

Propulsion:

Burmeister & Wains Skibs- og Maskinbyggeri - 4,000 Hps

Range:

1,400 nautical miles at 9 knots

Armament:

1 x 30,5 cm Gun
4 x 26 cm Guns
5 x 12 cm Guns

Later:

1 x 30,5 cm Gun
4 x 26 cm Guns
2 x 57 mm Cartridge Guns
4 x 37 mm Revolver Guns
3 x 37 mm Recoil Guns
2 x 8 mm Mitrailleuse
2 x 38 cm Torpedo tubes (bow)
2 x 35,5 cm Torpedo tubes
2 x 90 cm Search Lights

Further:

2 x TORPEDOBAAD AF 2. KL. (NR. 6 og 7)

Speed:

13 knots

Notes

The HELGOLAND was not only the biggest armored ship in the Royal Danish Navy, but also the biggest in Scandinavia.

The Navy Calendars, in those days, made a distinction between Armored Ships and Battleships at 5,000 tons, so in fact the HELGOLAND was internationally to be measured as a battleship.

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