HDMS Tordenskjold (1880)

Tordenskjold
History
Kingdom of Denmark
Name	Tordenskjold
Namesake	Vice Admiral Peter Tordenskjold
Builder	Orlogsværftet, 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.

References

• Balsved, Johnny E. "TORDENSKJOLD (1882-1908)". Danish Naval History. Archived from the original on 2010-09-22. 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.