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ODIN armoured ship (1874)

Odin 1874

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Odin     Orlogsværftets, København 13.4.1871 12.12.1872 7.9.1874 stricken 6.1912

 

 

Displacement normal, t

3170

Displacement full, t

3230

Length, m

73.4 pp

Breadth, m

14.8

Draught, m

5.00 max

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 HRCR, 4 rectangular boilers

Power, h. p.

2300

Max speed, kts

12

Fuel, t

coal 177

Endurance, nm(kts) 560(10)

Armour, mm

compound; side: 203, battery: 203

Armament

4 x 1 - 254/15 M.1874, 6 x 1 - 84/13 M.1872

Complement

206

Project history: A low freeboard central battery ship, completely armoured above water, and with the unusual feature of a withdrawable spur ram.

Ship protection: Ship was protected by 203mm side and battery armour.

Modernizations: 1879: + 6 x 5 - 37/17 M.1875

1883: - 6 x 1 - 84/13; + 4 x 1 - 87/21 RK L/24 C.80

Naval service: No significant events.

Odin

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