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Valkyrien

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Valkyrien			Orlogsværftet, København	27.10.1886	8.9.1888	1890	stricken 10.1923

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	2972
Displacement full, t	3020
Length, m	81.3 pp 85.8 oa
Breadth, m	13.2
Draught, m	5.54 max
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 6 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	5200
Max speed, kts	17
Fuel, t	coal 488
Endurance, nm(kts)	3900(10)
Armour, mm	steel; deck: 65
Armament	2 x 1 - 209/32 RK L/35 C/86, 6 x 1 - 149/32 L/35 C/88, 4 x 1 - 57/40 M.1885, 8 x 5 - 37/17 M.1885, 5 - 381 TT (2 bow, 2 beam, 1 stern)
Complement	282

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Project history

Unique real cruiser of Danish Navy. To the First World War she has become outdated.

Ship protection

Guns were protected by shields. There was armoured main 65mm deck.

Modernizations

1915: - 2 x 1 - 209/32, 6 x 1 - 149/32, 2 x 1 - 57/40, 6 x 5 - 37/17, 2 - 381 TT (beam); + 2 x 1 - 149/49 L/50 M.06, 6 x 1 - 75/52 L/55 KM.12

Naval service

Valkiryen was used as training ship in last service years.