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HDMS Tordenskjold (1852)
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HDMS Tordenskjold guarding the Prussian Coast in 1864
Career (Denmark) Naval Ensign of Denmark Flag of 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:

Tordenskjold was a steam frigate of the Royal Danish Navy. The ship was named after Peter Tordenskjold, a 16th-century Danish admiral.[1]

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]

See also[]

References[]

  1. "Danish Fifth Rate frigate 'Tordenskiold' (1852)". https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=18317. 
  2. Degenkolv, H. (1906). Information concerning the ships of the Danish navy in the last century. Copenhagen. 
  3. 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. 
  4. "TORDENSKJOLD (1854-1872), Frigate". http://www.navalhistory.dk/English/TheShips/T/Tordenskjold(1854).htm. 
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