SKJOLD coastal battleship (armoured battery)

Skjold 1904

Name	No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Skjold		Orlogsværftet, Copenhagen	1/1894	8/5/1896	25/5/1897	stricken 5/1929

Displacement normal, t

2160

Displacement full, t

2195

Length, m

69.2 pp 69.4 oa

Breadth, m

11.6

Draught, m

4.16 max

No of shafts

2

Machinery

VTE, 4 Thornycroft boilers

Power, h. p.

2400

Max speed, kts

14

Fuel, t

coal 109 max

Armour, mm

Harvey steel; belt: 229-178, turret: 250, deck: 50

Armament

1 x 1 - 240/40 Krupp C/93, 3 x 1 - 120/40 Krupp C/99, 4 x 1 - 47/44 Hotchkiss

Complement

138

Ship project history: Low freeboard ship with low seaworthiness and all guns in single turrets. Rated as armoured battery.

Ship protection: Belt protected all ship length.

Modernizations: 1906: + 2 x 1 - 8/80

Naval service: No significant events.

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SKJOLD coastal battleship (armoured battery)

Displacement normal, t	2160
Displacement full, t	2195
Length, m	69.2 pp 69.4 oa
Breadth, m	11.6
Draught, m	4.16 max
No of shafts	2
Machinery	VTE, 4 Thornycroft boilers
Power, h. p.	2400
Max speed, kts	14
Fuel, t	coal 109 max
Armour, mm	Harvey steel; belt: 229-178, turret: 250, deck: 50
Armament	1 x 1 - 240/40 Krupp C/93, 3 x 1 - 120/40 Krupp C/99, 4 x 1 - 47/44 Hotchkiss
Complement	138