Olfert Fischer 1906
Olfert Fischer 1910
Peder Skram 1914
Peder Skram 1940
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Herluf Trolle | Orlogsværftet, København | 20.7.1897 | 1.9.1899 | 7.6.1901 | stricken 4.1932 | ||
| Olfert Fischer | Orlogsværftet, København | 20.10.1900 | 9.5.1903 | 31.5.1905 | stricken 10.1936 | ||
| Peder Skram | 99 | Orlogsværftet, København | 25.4.1905 | 2.5.1908 | 24.9.1908 | scuttled 29.8.1943 |
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Displacement normal, t |
Herluf Trolle: 3494 Olfert Fischer: 3592 Peder Skram: 3735 |
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Displacement full, t |
Herluf Trolle: 3650 Olfert Fischer: 3700 Peder Skram: 3785 |
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Length, m |
Herluf Trolle, Olfert Fischer: 82.9 pp 86.5 oa Peder Skram: 84.0 pp 87.4 oa |
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Breadth, m |
Herluf Trolle: 15.1 Olfert Fischer: 15.4 Peder Skram: 15.7 |
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Draught, m |
Herluf Trolle: 4.93 Olfert Fischer, Peder Skram: 5.00 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 VTE, 6 Thornycroft boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
Herluf Trolle, Olfert Fischer: 4200 Peder Skram: 5400 |
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Max speed, kts |
Herluf Trolle, Olfert Fischer: 15.5 Peder Skram: 16 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 245 - 255 max |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2400(9) |
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Armour, mm |
Herluf Trolle: Creusot steel; belt: 195 - 175, turrets: 175 - 150, barbettes: 185, casemates: 140, deck: 65 - 45, CT: 190 Olfert Fischer, Peder Skram: belt: 195 - 155, turrets: 190 - 160, barbettes: 185, casemates: 140, deck: 65 - 45, CT: 190 |
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Armament |
Herluf Trolle: 2 x 1 - 240/38 L/40 M.1896, 4 x 1 - 149/42 PK L/43 M.1896, 10 x 1 - 57/40 M.1885, 8 x 1 - 37/20 M.1885, 3 - 450 TT (1 bow, 2 beam) Olfert Fischer: 2 x 1 - 240/42 K/43 M.01, 4 x 1 - 149/42 L/43 M.01, 10 x 1 - 57/40 M.1885, 6 x 1 - 47/40 M.1885, 2 x 1 - 37/20 M.1885, 3 - 450 TT (1 bow, 2 beam) Peder Skram: 2 x 1 - 240/42 K/43 M.06, 4 x 1 - 150/49 L/50 M.06, 10 x 1 - 75/52 L/55 KM.07, 2 x 1 - 37/20 M.1885, 4 - 450 TT (1 bow, 2 beam, 1 stern) |
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Complement |
254 - 258 |
Project history: Most powerful ships of Danish Navy. Low-board ships with small forecastle and complete armoured belt (excluding fore end). Among themselves they slightly differed by dimensions, main guns and armour type. Each subsequent ship was laid down after trials of previous, therefore design received numerous changes from ship to ship.
Ship protection: Belt protected all ship length on Olfert Fischer and Peder Skram, 6m of length from stem on Herluf Trolle were unprotected. Turrets of two latest ships had 190mm faces, 175mm sides and 160mm rears, barbettes were 185mm thick. Casemates had 140mm faces and 75mm rears. Deck had 65-45mm thickness, CT had 190mm sides.
Modernizations: 1905, Herluf Trolle: + 6 x 1 - 47/40 M.1885
1910, Herluf Trolle, Olfert Fischer: - 6 x 1 - 47/40; + 2 x 1 - 57/40 M.1885
1916, Olfert Fischer; 1917-1918, Herluf Trolle: - 10 x 1 - 57/40; + 6 x 1 - 75/52 L/55 KM.07
1916, Peder Skram: - 2 x 1 - 75/52; + 2 x 1 - 75/52 KM.12 AA
1934, Peder Skram: - 2 x 1 - 75/52; + 2 x 2 - 20/60 Madsen, 2 x 2 - 8.80
1939-1940, Peder Skram: - 2 x 2 - 20/60; + 2 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors M.36
Naval service: Olfert Fischer ended her career as target ship for naval aviation, she can steam at 9kts and had extra horizontal protection of wood and armour for sceleton crew. Peder Skram contained in good condition before WWII. 29.8.1943 ship was scuttled by crew at Holmen, salvaged by Germans, repaired and commissioned as Adler; in April, 1945 she was sunk in Friedrichsort by Allied aircraft, later she was raised and handed over on demolition in 1949.
Olfert Fischer 1911
Peder Skram 1923
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
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