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SKORPIONEN monitor (1867)


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Skorpionen after rearming

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Skorpionen     Horten verft 1865 30.10.1866 1867 BU 1908


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

1425

Displacement full, t1470
Length, m

61.0

Breadth, m

13.9

Draught, m

3.35 max

No of shafts

1

Machinery1 vibrating lever engine, 4 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.

330

Max speed, kts

6

Fuel, t

coal 130

Endurance, nm(kts)1000(5)
Armour, mm

laminated iron; side: 125, deck: 25, turret: 305

Armament

1 x 2 - 267/13 Armstrong 18.2-ton MLR No.1

Complement

84



Standard scale images


<i>Skorpionen </i>1867
Skorpionen 1867


Graphics


<i>Skorpionen </i>after rearming
Skorpionen after rearming


Project history

United Stales Ericsson-type monitor.

Protection

Hull had 125mm vertical and 25mm horizontal protection, turret had 305mm sides.

Modernizations

1897: - 1 x 2 - 267/13; + 1 x 2 - 120/44 Armstrong Y, 2 x 1 - 65/50 Hotchkiss, 2 x 1 - 37/40 Hotchkiss

Naval service

No significant events.