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ROYAL NORWEGIAN NAVY (NORWAY)

CRUISERS

FRITHJOF small protected cruiser (1896)

Frithjof 1905

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Frithjof     Horten verft 1895 15.11.1895 1896 cadet TS 1908, stricken 1928

 

 

Displacement normal, t

1360

Displacement full, t

1427

Length, m

68.2

Breadth, m

9.98

Draught, m

4.01 max

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 6 cylindrical boilers

Power, h. p.

2800

Max speed, kts

15

Fuel, t

coal 160

Endurance, nm(kts) 2300(10)

Armour, mm

Harvey; deck: 30

Armament

2 x 1 - 120/44 Armstrong Y, 4 x 1 - 76/40 Armstrong N, 4 x 1 - 37/45 Hotchkiss, 1 - 450 TT (bow)

Complement

154

Project history: Officially classified as protected cruiser, since 1908 TS. Really was a seagoing gunboat.

Protection: Armoured thin 30mm deck protected machinery.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Frithjof was converted to cadet TS in 1908.

Frithjof 1900

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