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Edited and
Designed by:

Johnny E. Balsved

Data Sheet

Service

CO's

Photo Album

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Classification

Type:

Coast Defense Ship (previously named Ironclad or Coastal Battleship)

Class:

n/a

Other Ships
in Class:

None

Specifications

Built by:

Naval Dock Yard, Copenhagen

Design:

n/a

Laid down:

January 1894

Launched:

May 8, 1896

Commissioned:

May 25, 1897

Decommissioned:

May 21, 1929

Pennant Number:

n/a

Int'l Call Sign:

n/a

Displacement:

2,195 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

69.4 m

11.6 m

4.2 m

Complement:

138 men and officers

Propulsion:

2,400 Hps

Range:

n/a

Armament:

1 x 24 cm Breech Loading Gun
3 x 12 cm Guns
4 x 47 mm Cartridge Guns
2 x 8 mm Mitrailleuse (up to around 1906)
2 x 90 cm Search Lights

Speed:

13.4 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