HDMS Tordenskjold (1852)
Tordenskjold was a steam frigate of the Royal Danish Navy. The ship was named after Peter Tordenskjold, a 16th-century Danish admiral.[1]
 HDMS Tordenskjold guarding the Prussian Coast in 1864 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
  Denmark | |
| Name: | Tordenskjold |
| Namesake: | Tordenskjold |
| Builder: | Nyholm shipyard, Copenhagen |
| Launched: | 16 June 1852 |
| Commissioned: | 15 April 1854 |
| Decommissioned: | 17 February 1872 |
| Homeport: | Copenhagen |
| Fate: | Sold to merchant service and sank in 1892 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Steam and screw frigate |
| Displacement: | 1,453 long tons (1,476 t) |
| Length: | 50.40 m (165 ft) |
| Beam: | 12.86 m (42 ft 2 in) |
| Draft: | 5.38 m (17 ft 8 in) |
| Installed power: | 200 shp (150 kW) (1862) |
| Propulsion: | 1 × shafts; 1 × steam turbine |
| Speed: | 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) |
| Armament: |
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Construction and career
She was launched on 16 June 1852 by Nyholm shipyard in Copenhagen. She was commissioned on 15 April 1854.[2][3]
In 1871, she was sold for merchant service and sank in the Atlantic in 1892.[4]
References
- "Danish Fifth Rate frigate 'Tordenskiold' (1852)". threedecks.org. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
- Degenkolv, H. (1906). Information concerning the ships of the Danish navy in the last century. Copenhagen.
- Munchaus Petersen, Holger (1986). Joint forces - Danish steamships until 1870 III. 12. Esbjerg: The Fisheries and Maritime Museum's Maritime Publications. ISBN 87-87453-25-8.
- "TORDENSKJOLD (1854-1872), Frigate". www.navalhistory.dk. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
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