NAVYPEDIA

Photo

Olfert Fischer 1911

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Herluf Trolle			Orlogsværftet, København	20.7.1897	1.9.1899	7.6.1901	stricken 4.1932
Olfert Fischer			Orlogsværftet, København	20.10.1900	9.5.1903	31.5.1905	stricken 10.1936
Peder Skram		99	Orlogsværftet, København	25.4.1905	2.5.1908	24.9.1908	scuttled 29.8.1943

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	Herluf Trolle: 3494 Olfert Fischer: 3592 Peder Skram: 3735
Displacement full, t	Herluf Trolle: 3650 Olfert Fischer: 3700 Peder Skram: 3785
Length, m	Herluf Trolle, Olfert Fischer: 82.9 pp 86.5 oa Peder Skram: 84.0 pp 87.4 oa
Breadth, m	Herluf Trolle: 15.1 Olfert Fischer: 15.4 Peder Skram: 15.7
Draught, m	Herluf Trolle: 4.93 Olfert Fischer, Peder Skram: 5.00
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 6 Thornycroft boilers
Power, h. p.	Herluf Trolle, Olfert Fischer: 4200 Peder Skram: 5400
Max speed, kts	Herluf Trolle, Olfert Fischer: 15.5 Peder Skram: 16
Fuel, t	coal 245 - 255 max
Endurance, nm(kts)	2400(9)
Armour, mm	Herluf Trolle: Creusot steel; belt: 195 - 175, turrets: 175 - 150, barbettes: 185, casemates: 140, deck: 65 - 45, CT: 190 Olfert Fischer, Peder Skram: belt: 195 - 155, turrets: 190 - 160, barbettes: 185, casemates: 140, deck: 65 - 45, CT: 190
Armament	Herluf Trolle: 2 x 1 - 240/38 L/40 M.1896, 4 x 1 - 149/42 PK L/43 M.1896, 10 x 1 - 57/40 M.1885, 8 x 1 - 37/20 M.1885, 3 - 450 TT (1 bow, 2 beam) Olfert Fischer: 2 x 1 - 240/42 K/43 M.01, 4 x 1 - 149/42 L/43 M.01, 10 x 1 - 57/40 M.1885, 6 x 1 - 47/40 M.1885, 2 x 1 - 37/20 M.1885, 3 - 450 TT (1 bow, 2 beam) Peder Skram: 2 x 1 - 240/42 K/43 M.06, 4 x 1 - 150/49 L/50 M.06, 10 x 1 - 75/52 L/55 KM.07, 2 x 1 - 37/20 M.1885, 4 - 450 TT (1 bow, 2 beam, 1 stern)
Complement	254 - 258

Standard scale images

Graphics

Project history

Most powerful ships of Danish Navy. Low-board ships with small forecastle and complete armoured belt (excluding fore end). Among themselves they slightly differed by dimensions, main guns and armour type. Each subsequent ship was laid down after trials of previous, therefore design received numerous changes from ship to ship.

Ship protection

Belt protected all ship length on Olfert Fischer and Peder Skram, 6m of length from stem on Herluf Trolle were unprotected. Turrets of two latest ships had 190mm faces, 175mm sides and 160mm rears, barbettes were 185mm thick. Casemates had 140mm faces and 75mm rears. Deck had 65-45mm thickness, CT had 190mm sides.

Modernizations

1905, Herluf Trolle: + 6 x 1 - 47/40 M.1885

1910, Herluf Trolle, Olfert Fischer: - 6 x 1 - 47/40; + 2 x 1 - 57/40 M.1885

1916, Olfert Fischer; 1917-1918, Herluf Trolle: - 10 x 1 - 57/40; + 6 x 1 - 75/52 L/55 KM.07

1916, Peder Skram: - 2 x 1 - 75/52; + 2 x 1 - 75/52 KM.12 AA

1934, Peder Skram: - 2 x 1 - 75/52; + 2 x 2 - 20/60 Madsen, 2 x 2 - 8.80

1939-1940, Peder Skram: - 2 x 2 - 20/60; + 2 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors M.36

Naval service

Olfert Fischer ended her career as target ship for naval aviation, she can steam at 9kts and had extra horizontal protection of wood and armour for sceleton crew. Peder Skram contained in good condition before WWII. 29.8.1943 ship was scuttled by crew at Holmen, salvaged by Germans, repaired and commissioned as Adler; in April, 1945 she was sunk in Friedrichsort by Allied aircraft, later she was raised and handed over on demolition in 1949.