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DANISH ROYAL NAVY (DENMARK)

TORPEDO SHIPS

NORDKAPEREN 1st class torpedo boats (1893-1894)

Nordkaperen 1900

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Nordkaperen, 1918- T7, 1920- P3     Orlogsværftets, København 1892 15.4.1893 6.1893 stricken 1920
Makrelen, 1918- T6, 1920- P2     Orlogsværftets, København 1893 2.12.1893 1894 stricken 1920

 

Displacement normal, t

 

Displacement full, t

127

Length, m

42.5

Breadth, m

4.34

Draught, m

2.22

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VC, 2 locomotive boilers

Power, h. p.

1300

Max speed, kts

19

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

2 x 5 - 37/17 M.1875, 2 - 450 TT (bow), 1 x 2 - 381 TT

Complement

20

Project history: Danish-built 1st class TB, with both 450mm and 381mm torpedoes. First Danish torpedo boats built from Danish materials.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

© Ivan Gogin, 2014