SKJOLD coastal battleship (armoured battery) (1897)

Skjold 1904

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Skjold			Orlogsværftet, København	1.1894	8.5.1896	25.5.1897	stricken 5.1929

Displacement normal, t

2160

Displacement full, t

2195

Length, m

69.2 pp 69.4 oa

Breadth, m

11.6

Draught, m

4.16 max

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 4 Thornycroft boilers

Power, h. p.

2400

Max speed, kts

14

Fuel, t

coal 109 max

Endurance, nm(kts)

Armour, mm

Harvey steel; belt: 229-178, turret: 250, deck: 50

Armament

1 x 1 - 240/37 M.1893, 3 x 1 - 120/38 SK L/40 C/92, 4 x 1 - 47/40 M.1885

Complement

138

Project history: Low freeboard ship with low seaworthiness and all guns in single turrets. Rated as armoured battery.

Ship protection: Belt protected all ship length.

Modernizations: 1906: + 2 x 1 - 8.80

1911: - 4 x 1 - 47/40; + 4 x 1 - 57/40 M.1885

Naval service: No significant events.

Skjold

DANISH ROYAL NAVY (DENMARK)

CAPITAL SHIPS AND MONITORS

SKJOLD coastal battleship (armoured battery) (1897)

Displacement normal, t	2160
Displacement full, t	2195
Length, m	69.2 pp 69.4 oa
Breadth, m	11.6
Draught, m	4.16 max
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 4 Thornycroft boilers
Power, h. p.	2400
Max speed, kts	14
Fuel, t	coal 109 max
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armour, mm	Harvey steel; belt: 229-178, turret: 250, deck: 50
Armament	1 x 1 - 240/37 M.1893, 3 x 1 - 120/38 SK L/40 C/92, 4 x 1 - 47/40 M.1885
Complement	138