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Johnny E. Balsved

Data Sheet

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Classification

Type:

Armored Frigate

Class:

n/a

Other Ships
in Class:

None

Specifications

Built by:

Naval Dock Yard, Copenhagen

Design:

Dock Yard Master Otto Suenson

Laid down:

September 19, 1859

Launched:

October 28, 1864

Commissioned:

August 15, 1866

Decommissioned:

December 1885

Pennant Number:

n/a

Int'l Call Sign:

n/a

Displacement:

3,373 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

69.0 m

15.1 m

6.6 m

Complement:

n/a

Propulsion:

Baumgarten & Burmeister - 1,680 Hps

Range:

n/a

Armament:

6 x 60-pounds 150 Cnt. Guns
8 x 24-pounds 60 Cnt. Guns

Later:

8 x 8" 144 Cnt. Guns
8 x 6" 50 Cnt. Guns

Speed:

11.5 knots

Notes

PEDER SKRAM was laid down as a regular screw frigate, but it was decided in 1862 that the frigate should be armored, thereby becoming the first Danish built armored ship.

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