Gejser 1914
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Gejser | Burmeister og Wain, København | 5.7.1892 | 8.5.1893 | stricken 3.1928 | |||
| Hejmdal | 78 | Orlogsværftet, København | 30.8.1894 | 16.4.1895 | stricken 10.1930 |
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Displacement normal, t |
Gejser: 1262 Hejmdal: 1320 |
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Displacement full, t |
Gejser: 1282 Hejmdal: 1342 |
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Length, m |
70.6 pp 72.3 oa |
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Breadth, m |
10.4 |
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Draught, m |
Gejser: 3.45 Hejmdal: 3.61 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 VTE, 8 Thornycroft boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
3000 |
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Max speed, kts |
17 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 117 max |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 1700(10) |
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Armour, mm |
Gejser: steel; deck: 50 - 30 Hejmdal: steel; deck: 45 - 25 |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 120/38 L/40 C/92, 4 x 1 - 87/37 SK L/40, 2 x 1 - 37/20 M.1885, 4 x 5 - 37/17 M.1875, 1 - 450 TT (bow), 3 - 381 TT (2 beam, 1 stern) |
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Complement |
156 |
Project history: Seaworthy gunboats, officially rated as cruisers. They differed a little from each other: Hejmdal had 1342t displacement and has one funnel.
Ship protection: Guns were protected by shields. There was armoured main deck.
Modernizations: 1910s, both: - 2 x 1 - 37/20, 4 x 5 - 37/17; + 2 x 1 - 57/40 M.1885, 2 x 1 - 57/40 M.1885 AA
Naval service: No significant events.
Gejser
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
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