Danish ironclad Tordenskjold

Tordenskjold
History
Kingdom of Denmark
Name:	Tordenskjold
Namesake:	Vice Admiral Peter Tordenskjold
Builder:	Naval Dockyard, Copenhagen
Laid down:	5 June 1879
Launched:	30 September 1880
Commissioned:	29 September 1882
Decommissioned:	14 May 1908
Fate:	Scrapped, 1908 at Stettin
General characteristics
Type:	Barbette ironclad
Displacement:	2,534 tonnes (2,494 long tons)
Length:	67.79 m (222 ft 5 in)
Beam:	13.23 m (43 ft 5 in)
Draft:	4.81 m (15.8 ft)
Installed power:	2,600 ihp (1,900 kW)
Propulsion:	2 shafts, 2 Compound steam engines 8 cylindrical boilers
Speed:	13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Range:	1,500 nmi (2,800 km; 1,700 mi) at 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph)
Complement:	220
Armament:	1 × 355 mm (14 in) gun 4 × 120 mm (4.7 in) guns 4 × 37 mm (1.5 in) Hotchkiss guns 1 × 380 mm (15.0 in) torpedo tube (bow) 3 × 350 mm (13.8 in) torpedo tubes
Armour:	Barbette: 203 mm (8.0 in) Conning tower: 31 mm (1.2 in) Deck: 95 mm (3.7 in)

The Danish ironclad Tordenskjold was a coast defence barbette ironclad named for Peter Tordenskjold, victor in the Battle of Dynekilen during the Great Northern War in 1716.

Notes

References

• Balsved, Johnny E. "TORDENSKJOLD (1882-1908)". Danish Naval History. Retrieved 2010-08-20.
• Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
• Silverstone, Paul H. (1984). Directory of the World's Capital Ships. New York: Hippocrene Books. ISBN 0-88254-979-0.