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DANISH ROYAL NAVY (DENMARK)

CRUISERS

FYEN unprotected cruiser (1884)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Fyen     Orlogsværftet, København 1881 1882 1884 accommodation ship 1907

 

 

Displacement normal, t

2663

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

69.0 pp

Breadth, m

13.8

Draught, m

6.10 max

No of shafts

1

Machinery

 

Power, h. p.

2600

Max speed, kts

12.5

Fuel, t

coal 260

Endurance, nm(kts)  
Armour, mm steel; deck: 38

Armament

2 x 1 - 149/32 RK L/35 C/80, 14 x 1 - 149/22 RK L/25 C/78, 8 x 5 - 37/17 M.1875, 2 - 356 TT (bow)

Complement

300

Project history: Full-rigged, iron-hulled ship with a strong ram bow, designed for service in the Danish West Indies.

Ship protection: machinery was protected by 38mm deck 39m long.

Modernizations: 1903: - 2 x 1 - 149/32

Naval service: No significant events.

Fyen

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