HDMS Tordenskjold (1852)
Royal Danish Navy ship of the line HDMS Tordenskjold was commissioned in 1854. The Tordenskjold was constructed in response to the perceived danger posed by the German nations to Denmark's status as a major naval force in the Baltic. It was named after the celebrated Danish naval hero Peter Tordenskjold.
HDMS Tordenskjold guarding the Prussian Coast in 1864 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Denmark | |
| Name | Tordenskjold |
| Namesake | Tordenskjold |
| Builder | Nyholm shipyard, Copenhagen |
| Launched | 16 June 1852 |
| Commissioned | 15 April 1854 |
| Decommissioned | 17 February 1872 |
| Homeport | Copenhagen |
| Fate | Sold to merchant service and sank in 1892 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Steam and screw frigate |
| Displacement | 1,453 long tons (1,476 t) |
| Length | 50.40 m (165 ft) |
| Beam | 12.86 m (42 ft 2 in) |
| Draft | 5.38 m (17 ft 8 in) |
| Installed power | 200 shp (150 kW) (1862) |
| Propulsion | 1 × shafts; 1 × steam turbine |
| Speed | 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) |
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