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Absalon

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Absalon			Thames IW, Blackwall, UK		1862	6.1862	stricken 5.1908
Esbern Snare			Thames IW, Blackwall, UK		1862	7.1862	TS 1885, depot ship 1906

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	516
Displacement full, t	533
Length, m	47.8
Breadth, m	7.92
Draught, m	3.26
No of shafts	1
Machinery	?
Power, h. p.	500
Max speed, kts	11
Fuel, t	coal 65
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armour, mm	iron; belt: 64 - 51
Armament	1 x 1 - 202/12.6 60pdr 88ctr 4.321Ton M1860 shell SB by Finspång, 2 x 1 - 150/15.2 24pdr 42ctr 2.063 Ton MLR by Finspång, 4 x 1 - 84/7 4pdr SB howitzers
Complement	50

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Project history

Iron-hulled armoured gunboats.

Modernizations

1868, both: - 1 x 1 - 202/12.6; + 1 x 1 - 139/14 18pdr Palliser MLR

1877, Esbern Snare: - 1 x 1 - 150/15.2, 4 x 1 - 84/7; + 2 x 5 - 37/17 M.1875, 1 - 381 TT (bow)

1878, Absalon: - 4 x 1 - 84/7; + 2 x 5 - 37/17 M.1875

1880, Esbern Snare: - 2 x 1 - 150/15.2; + 2 x 1 - 87/21 L/24 C/80, 1 x 1 - 356 TT

1882, Absalon: - 3 x 1 - 150/15.2; + 4 x 1 - 87/21 RK L/24 C/80

1885, Absalon: + 2 x 1 - 87/21 RK L/24 C/80

1885, Esbern Snare: - 2 x 1 - 87/21

1888: - 4 x 1 - 87/21, 2 x 5 - 37/17; + 2 x 1 - 120/27 RK L/30 C/84, 4 x 1 - 8.80

Naval service

No significant events.

Many Thanks to Kent Crawford for unique correction of information about ships' guns on this page.