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CAPITAL SHIPS AND MONITORS

SKORPIONEN monitor (1867)

Skorpionen 1867

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Skorpionen     Horten verft 1865 30.10.1866 1867 BU 1908

 

 

Displacement normal, t

1425

Displacement full, t

1470

Length, m

61.0

Breadth, m

13.9

Draught, m

3.35 max

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 vibrating lever engine, 4 cylindrical boilers

Power, h. p.

330

Max speed, kts

6

Fuel, t

coal 130

Endurance, nm(kts) 1000(5)

Armour, mm

laminated iron; side: 125, deck: 25, turret: 305

Armament

1 x 2 - 267/13 Armstrong 18.2-ton MLR No.1

Complement

84

Project history: United Stales Ericsson-type monitor.

Protection: Hull had 125mm vertical and 25mm horizontal protection, turret had 305mm sides.

Modernizations: 1897: - 1 x 2 - 267/13; + 1 x 2 - 120/44 Armstrong Y, 2 x 1 - 65/50 Hotchkiss, 2 x 1 - 37/40 Hotchkiss

Naval service: No significant events.

Skorpionen after rearming

© Ivan Gogin, 2014