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Tordenskjold

Tordenskjold

Survived

Royal Danish Navy

TypeFrigate
WarSecond Schleswig War
Main guns2 × 60-pounder guns

Steam frigate. Arrived late at Jasmund.

A plaque on the frame carries the title Fregatten Jylland paa Vagt ved den prøjsiske Kyst ("The frigate Jylland on guard at the Prussian Coast"). This is an elaboration on the original title, written on the back of the frame and quoted above. Whoever thought out the new title got it wrong. The friga Photo: Andreas Riis Carstensen, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • (1854)
  • 44 × 30-pounder long gun
  • (1862)
  • 2 × BL 60-pounder gun
  • 14 × 30-pounder long gun
  • 16 × 18-pounder long gun
BuilderNyholm shipyard, Copenhagen
Launched16 June 1852
Commissioned15 April 1854
Displacement1,453 long tons (1,476 t)
Length50.40 m (165 ft)
Speed8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

16 June 1852

17 March 1864

Arrived late

Fate

Survived

Sold to merchant service and sank in 1892