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LINDORMEN turret ship (armoured battery) (1868)

Lindormen 1868

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Lindormen     Orlogsværftets, København 20.7.1866 8.8.1868 15.8.1869 stricken 6.1907

 

 

Displacement normal, t

2048

Displacement full, t

2105

Length, m

66.4

Breadth, m

12.0

Draught, m

4.44 max

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 HRCR, 4 rectangular boilers

Power, h. p.

1500

Max speed, kts

12

Fuel, t

coal 125

Endurance, nm(kts) 1400(8.5)

Armour, mm

iron; side: 127, turret: 140

Armament

1 x 2 - 229/14 M.1868

Complement

150

Project history: A low freeboard single-turret ship.

Ship protection: Ship was protected by 127mm iron side armour, turret had 140mm sides.

Modernizations: 1886: + 4 x 1 - 87/21 RK L/21 C.80, 4 x 1 - 37/17 L/20 C.87

Naval service: No significant events.

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