HDMS Rolf Krake (1863)
Rolf Krake was a Danish turret ironclad built in Scotland during the 1860s. The vessel was designed by Cowper Phipps Coles, a pioneering naval architect, and was the first warship of any navy to carry a turret of the type designed by Coles. She was the first all-iron, steam-powered vessel acquired by Denmark.
Rolf Krake | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Kingdom of Denmark | |
| Name | Rolf Krake |
| Namesake | Rolf Krake |
| Ordered | 28 August 1862 |
| Builder | Robert Napier and Sons, Govan |
| Laid down | 1862 |
| Launched | 6 May 1863 |
| Commissioned | 1 July 1863 |
| Decommissioned | 29 June 1907 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1907 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Turret ironclad |
| Displacement | 1,360 long tons (1,380 t) |
| Length | 191 ft 3 in (58.3 m) (o/a) |
| Beam | 38 ft 1 in (11.6 m) |
| Draft | 11 ft 6 in (3.5 m) |
| Installed power | 700 ihp (520 kW) |
| Propulsion | 1 shaft, 1 steam engine |
| Sail plan | Schooner-rigged |
| Speed | 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) |
| Range | 1,150 nmi (2,130 km; 1,320 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) |
| Complement | 140 |
| Armament | 2 × twin 68-pounder smoothbore guns |
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