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Oden 1897

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Oden			Bergsund, Stockholm	1894	9.3.1896	8.6.1897	stricken 1937
Thor			Bergsund, Stockholm	1896	7.3.1898	29.6.1899	stricken 1937
Niord		365	Lindholmen, Göteborg	1896	31.3.1898	23.2.1899	barrack ship 1926

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	Oden: 3445 Thor, Niord: 3328
Displacement full, t	Oden: 3715 Thor, Niord: 3720
Length, m	84.8 wl 86.3 oa
Breadth, m	14.8
Draught, m	5.28 max
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 6 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	5350
Max speed, kts	16.5
Fuel, t	coal 300
Endurance, nm(kts)	2000(10)
Armour, mm	Oden: Creusot steel; belt: 243, turrets: 200, barbettes: 247, casemates: 100, CT: 247, deck: 49 Thor, Niord: Harvey nickel steel; belt: 240 - 100, turrets: 190, barbettes: 200, casemates: 100, CT: 190, deck: 49
Armament	Oden: 2 x 1 - 254/41 K/43 M1894, 4 x 1 - 120/43 K/45 M1894, 4 x 1 - 57/26 K/30 M1895, 6 x 1 - 47/49 K/52 M1895, 2 x 1 - 25/32 K/35 M1884, 1 - 450 TT (bow) Thor, Niord: 2 x 1 - 254/41 K/43 M1894, 6 x 1 - 120/43 K/45 M1894, 10 x 1 - 57/52 K/55 M1889B, 2 x 2 - 25/32 K/35 M1887, 1 - 450 TT (bow)
Complement	254

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Project history

Development of previous class with two main gun turrets fore and aft.

Protection

Belt protected amidships part between fore end of fore barbette and aft end of aft barbette. Main deck was connected by its lower end by slopes, this deck was turtleback form outside citadel.

Modernizations

1901, Oden: - 4 x 1 - 57/26, 6 x 1 - 47/49, 2 x 1 - 25/32; + 10 x 1 - 57/52 K/55 M1889B, 2 x 2 - 25/32 K/35 M1887

1915, Oden; 1916, Thor; 1917, Niord: were reconstructed; two funnels were replaced by one broad, boilers were replaced by new ones, heavy mast was removed; - 2 x 1 - 57/52, 2 x 2 - 25/32, 1 - 450 TT; + 2 x 1 - 57/52 K/55 M1889B AA.

Naval service

Thor was used from 1906 as cadet ship, Niord from 1922 as barrack ship (but remaining main guns until 1928). Niord was eventually stricken in 1944.