GEJSER protected cruisers (1893-1895)

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

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Gejser			Burmeister og Wain, København		5.7.1892	8.5.1893	stricken 3.1928
Hejmdal		78	Orlogsværftet, København		30.8.1894	16.4.1895	stricken 10.1930

Displacement normal, t	Gejser: 1262 Hejmdal: 1320
Displacement full, t	Gejser: 1282 Hejmdal: 1342
Length, m	70.6 pp 72.3 oa
Breadth, m	10.4
Draught, m	Gejser: 3.45 Hejmdal: 3.61
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 8 Thornycroft boilers
Power, h. p.	3000
Max speed, kts	17
Fuel, t	coal 117 max
Endurance, nm(kts)	1700(10)
Armour, mm	Gejser: steel; deck: 50 - 30 Hejmdal: steel; deck: 45 - 25
Armament	2 x 1 - 120/38 L/40 C/92, 4 x 1 - 87/37 SK L/40, 2 x 1 - 37/20 M.1885, 4 x 5 - 37/17 M.1875, 1 - 450 TT (bow), 3 - 381 TT (2 beam, 1 stern)
Complement	156

Gejser 1914

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

Seaworthy gunboats, officially rated as cruisers. They differed a little from each other: Hejmdal had 1342t displacement and has one funnel.

Guns were protected by shields. There was armoured main deck.

1910s, both: - 2 x 1 - 37/20, 4 x 5 - 37/17; + 2 x 1 - 57/40 M.1885, 2 x 1 - 57/40 M.1885 AA

No significant events.

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