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Edited and
Designed by:

Johnny E. Balsved

Data Sheet

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Classification

Type:

Ironclad Monitor or Armored Ship

Class:

n/a

Other Ships
in Class:

None

Specifications

Built by:

Naval Dock Yard, Copenhagen

Design:

Naval Dock Yard, Copenhagen (C. C. Kildentoft)

Laid down:

April 13, 1871

Launched:

December 12, 1872

Commissioned:

September 7, 1874

Decommissioned:

June 12, 1912

Pennant Number:

n/a

Int'l Call Sign:

n/a

Displacement:

3,232 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

73.44 m

14.75 m

5.01 m

Complement:

236 officers and men

Propulsion:

Burmeister & Wains Maskin- og Skibsbyggeri - 2,300 Hps

Range:

1,200 nautical miles at 9 knots

Armament:

4 x 120 pounds 366 Ct. Guns

Later:

4 x 25 cm Guns
4 x 87 mm Cartridge Guns
4 x 37 mm Revolver guns
2 x 37 mm Recoil Guns
2 x 8 mm Mitrailleuse

Speed:

12 knots

Notes

None

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