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Edited and
Designed by:

Johnny E. Balsved

Data Sheet

Service

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Classification

Type:

Ironclad Monitor or Armored Ship

Class:

n/a

Other Ships
in Class:

None

Specifications

Built by:

R. Napier & Sons, Glasgow, Scotland

Design:

Captain Coles, England

Laid down:

n/a

Launched:

May 6, 1863

Commissioned:

July 1, 1863

Decommissioned:

June 29, 1907

Pennant Number:

n/a

Int'l Call Sign:

n/a

Displacement:

1,360 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

57.0 m

11.6 m

3.5 m

Complement:

141 officers and men

Propulsion:

700 Hps

Range:

1,150 nautical miles at 8 knots

Armament:

4 x 60-pounds 88 Cnt. Guns (2x2 - in pivot mounts)

From 1865:

1 stk. 60-pounds 150 Cnt. Rifled Gun (forward mount)
2 stk. 60-pounds 89 Cnt. (aft mount)

Later:

2 x 8" 144 Cnt. Guns
2 x 3" 10 Cnt. Guns
4 x Revolver Guns

Speed:

8 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