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SWEDISH NAVY (SWEDEN)

CAPITAL SHIPS

LOKE monitor (1871)

Loke 1871

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Loke   155 Motala, Norrköping 3.1867 4.9.1869 11.1871 stricken 1908

 

Displacement normal, t

1574

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

62.4 wl 64.0 oa

Breadth, m

14.0

Draught, m

3.61 max

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VDE, 2 boilers

Power, h. p.

430

Max speed, kts

8.5

Fuel, t

coal 125

Endurance, nm(kts) 950(10)

Armour, mm

laminated iron; belt: 125, turret: 447 - 381, deck: 25, CT: 237

Armament

1 x 2 - 274/16 K/19 M1869

Complement

80

Project history: Improved Ericsson.

Protection: Ship was protected by 125mm belt, turret had 447-381mm sides.

Modernizations: early 1870: - 1 x 2 - 274/16; + 1 x 2 - 240/16 K/19 M1869

Naval service: No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

© Ivan Gogin, 2014