NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Rolf Krake		110	Napier, Glasgow, UK	1862	6.5.1863	1.7.1863	stricken 6.1907

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	1320
Displacement full, t
Length, m	56.0 pp 57.0 oa
Breadth, m	11.6
Draught, m	3.20 max
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 HRCR, 4 rectangular boilers
Power, h. p.	750
Max speed, kts	9.5
Fuel, t	coal 135
Endurance, nm(kts)	1150(8)
Armour, mm	iron; side: 114, turret: 114
Armament	2 x 2 - 200/14 60pdr 88cwt SB, 8 x 1 - 84/15 4pdr SB
Complement	150

Standard scale images

Project history

A twin-turret ship with lowering bulwarks and schooner-rigged on three masts. The first ship with Coles turrets.

Ship protection

Ship was protected by 114mm iron side armour, turrets had 114mm sides.

Modernizations

1867: - 1 x 2 - 200/14; + 1 x 1 - 203/13 8.65-ton Armstrong MLR

1875: - 8 x 1 - 84/15; + 2 x 1 - 84/13 MLR Finspong M.1872

1878: - 1 x 2 - 200/14; + 1 x 1 - 203/13 8.65-ton Armstrong MLR

1886: - 2 x 1 - 84/13; + 2 x 1 - 87/21 RK L/24.1 C.80, 4 x 5 - 37/17 L/20 C.87

Naval service

No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.