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ROYAL NORWEGIAN NAVY (NORWAY)

CAPITAL SHIPS AND MONITORS

THOR monitor (1876)

Thor 1876

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Thor     Horten verft 1.1.1871 5.6.1872 1876 stricken 1918

 

 

Displacement normal, t

1975

Displacement full, t

2035

Length, m

62.3

Breadth, m

14.5

Draught, m

3.81 max

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 vibrating lever engine, 4 cylindrical boilers

Power, h. p.

600

Max speed, kts

8

Fuel, t

coal 200

Endurance, nm(kts) 1200(7)

Armour, mm

laminated iron; side: 175, deck: 25, turret: 365

Armament

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

Complement

94

Project history: A larger version of the Skorpionen class.

Protection: Hull had 175mm vertical and 25mm horizontal protection, turret had 365mm 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.

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