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GRØNSUND gunboats (1883-1885)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Grønsund     Orlogsværftets, København 11.1882 18.4.1883 1883 depot ship 1917
Guldborgsund     Orlogsværftets, København   30.8.1884 1885 stricken 12.1922

 

 

Displacement normal, t

Grønsund: 243

Guldborgsund: 264

Displacement full, t

Grønsund: 247

Guldborgsund: 268

Length, m

36.3

Breadth, m

6.12

Draught, m

2.48

No of shafts

1

Machinery

 

Power, h. p.

Grønsund: 300

Guldborgsund: 400

Max speed, kts

Grønsund: 10

Guldborgsund: 10.5

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

Grønsund: 2 x 1 - 120/22 RK L/25 C/79, 2 x 5 - 37/17 M.1875

Guldborgsund: 2 x 1 - 47/40 M.1885

Complement

Grønsund: 49

Guldborgsund: 46

Project history: Steel-hulled gunboats, mostly used for fishery protection.

Modernizations: late 1880s, Grønsund: - 2 x 1 - 120/22; + 2 x 1 - 57/40 M.1885

Naval service: No significant events.

Guldborgsund

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