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Data Sheet

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Classification

Type:

Armored Ship

Class:

n/a

Other Ships
in Class:

None

Specifications

Built by:

Naval Dock Yard, Copenhagen

Design:

Naval Dock Yard, Copenhagen

Laid down:

June 5, 1879

Launched:

September 30, 1880

Commissioned:

September 29, 1882

Decommissioned:

May 14, 1908

Pennant Number:

n/a

Int'l Call Sign:

n/a

Displacement:

2,534 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

67.79 m

13.23 m

4.81 m

Complement:

220 officers and men

Propulsion:

Burmeister & Wains Skibs- og Maskinbyggeri - 2,600 Hps

Range:

n/a

Armament:

1 x 35 cm Gun
4 x 12 cm Guns
1 x 3" Muzzle Loading Gun
4 x 37 mm Revolver Guns
1 x 38 cm Torpedo tubes (bow)
3 x 35,5 cm Torpedo tubes
2 x 60 cm Search Lights

Later:

1 x 35 cm Gun
4 x 12 cm Guns
2 x 37 mm Recoil Guns
6 x 37 mm Revolver Guns
8 x 8 mm Mitrailleuse
1 x 38 cm Torpedo tubes (bow)
3 x 35,5 cm Torpedo tubes
2 x 60 cm Search Lights

Further:

2 x TORPEDOBAAD AF 2. KL. (NR. 4 og 5)

Speed:

13 knots

Notes

The Armored Ship TORDENSKJOLD was the first ship to be built mainly by steel, and the 35 cm gun was the heaviest caliber gun ever used in Scandinavia.

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