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ROLF KRAKE turret ship (1863)


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 shafts1
Machinery1 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


<i>Rolf Krake</i> 1863
Rolf Krake 1863


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.