HDMS Helgoland

Helgoland
History
Kingdom of Denmark
Name	Helgoland
Namesake	Battle of Heligoland
Builder	Naval Dockyard, Copenhagen
Laid down	20 May 1876
Launched	9 May 1878
Commissioned	20 August 1879
Decommissioned	29 June 1907
Fate	Scrapped 1907 at Dordrecht
General characteristics
Type	Barbette ironclad
Displacement	5,480 tonnes (5,390 long tons)
Length	79.17 m (259 ft 9 in)
Beam	18.05 m (59 ft 3 in)
Draft	5.9 m (19 ft)
Installed power	4,000 ihp (3,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 Compound steam engines 8 cylindrical boilers
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Range	1,400 nmi (2,600 km; 1,600 mi) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph)
Complement	350
Armament	1 × 305 mm (12 in) gun 4 × 260 mm (10.2 in) guns 5 × 120 mm (4.7 in) guns
Armour	Belt: 152–315 mm (6.0–12.4 in) Barbette: 260 mm (10.2 in) Casemate: 260 mm (10.2 in) Deck: 52 mm (2.0 in)

The Danish ironclad Helgoland was a coast defence barbette ironclad named for the Danish victory over the combined Prussian and Austro-Hungarian squadron at Battle of Heligoland during the Second Schleswig War in 1864.

References

• Balsved, Johnny E. "Helgoland (1879–1907)". 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.