NAVYPEDIA

Support the project with paypal


HOME
FIGHTING SHIPS OF THE WORLD
SWEDEN
OTHER FIGHTING SHIPS
GERDA small monitors (1872)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Gerda     Lindberg, Stockholm   1.9.1871 6.1872 stricken 8.1922
Hildur     Lindberg, Stockholm   14.7.1871 5.1872 stricken 1919


Technical data


Displacement normal, t454
Displacement full, t

459

Length, m

32.3 pp 39.7 oa

Breadth, m

6.80 wl 8.00 max

Draught, m

2.50 normal 2.70 max

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 HC, boilers

Power, h. p.

133

Max speed, kts

7.6

Fuel, t

coal 19

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armour, mmiron; belt: 76-64, turret: 418-356
Armament

1 x 1 - 240/18 K/21 M69

Complement

42



Standard scale images


similar <i>Sköld </i>1871
similar Sköld 1871


Project history

Monitors for the outer defence of the archipelagos, enlarged variant of Fenris and Sköld.

Modernizations

1887, both: + 2 x 1 - 25/32 K/35 M84

1908-1910, both: CT with 254mm sides was added; - 1 x 1 - 240/18; + 1 x 1 - 120/44 K/45 M94

Naval service

no significant events.