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Tordenskjold

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Tordenskjold			Orlogsværftets, København	5.6.1879	30.9.1880	29.9.1882	stricken 5.1908

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	2462
Displacement full, t
Length, m	67.8
Breadth, m	13.2
Draught, m	4.80 max
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VC, 8 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	2600
Max speed, kts	12.7
Fuel, t	coal 170
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armour, mm	compound; barbette: 203, deck: 38 with 97mm slopes
Armament	1 x 1 - 355/22 RK L/25 C/80, 4 x 1 - 120/22 RK L/25 C/79, 1 x 1 - 84/13 M.1872, 4 x 5 - 37/17 M.1875, 1 - 381 TT (bow), 3 - 356 TT (2 beam, 1 aft)
Complement	206

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Project history

A ship of unusual type with the 355mm barbette forward and the 120mm guns in shields aft.

Ship protection

Sides were unprotected, hull was protected by 38mm deck with 97mm slopes. 355mm gun was protected by 203mm barbette.

Modernizations

1883: - 1 x 1 - 84/13; + 4 x 5 - 37/17 M.1875

Naval service

No significant events.