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Training Cruiser HDMS Niels Juel pictured in 1939.
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Protected Cruiser HDMS Valkyrien pictured as she fires a salute to the harbour battery at Hong Kong on April 8th 1900.
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Niels Juel Class Screw Frigate HDMS Jylland (Jutland),veteran of the Battle of Heligoland in May 1864. Now is preserved as a Museum Ship at Ebeltoft, Jutland, Denmark...Built at Orlogsværftet (Naval War Yard) Shipyard in 1860..During the Second War of Schleswig in 1864, she participated in the naval action against the Austrian-Prussian fleet in the Battle of Heligoland on May 9th 1864. Jylland along with Niels Juel and Heimdall bested two Austrian Frigates and three small Prussian Gunboats, but was unable to maintain the blockade of the Prussian North Sea ports. Jylland sustained considerable damage during the battle..By 1874, she was in use as a Training Ship for naval cadets. In the 1890s she was reduced to stationary use and barely escaped scrapping in 1908. She served as a Barracks and Training Ship between 1892 and 1908. It was, however, decided to preserve her and she was towed to Ebeltoft in 1960. The hulked Frigate further deteriorated until she was placed in dry dock in 1984. Restoration proved to be a major task; over 60% of the timber had to be replaced in addition to the rigging, armament and engines.
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Triton Class Corvette HDMS Bellona pictured with Hunt Class Destroyer HDMS Esbern Snare (background) at Copenhagen c1959.
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Danish Submarine Tender HDMS Aegir pictured at Den Helder in 1954.
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The unique Torpedo Ram Ship HDMS Tordenskjold pictured at Copenhagen c1884....She was fitted with a pair of Burmeister & Wain compound-expansion steam engines, each engine driving one propeller shaft using steam provided by eight cylindrical boilers. The engines were rated at a total of 2,600 indicated horsepower (1,900 kW) and gave the ship a speed of 13 knots..Tordenskjold carried a maximum of 170 long tons (173 t) of coal that gave her a range of 1,500 nautical miles. The ram's main battery consisted of a single 25-caliber 14 inch gun mounted in the barbette forward of the superstructure. She was also armed with four single 25-caliber 4.7 inch guns aft, each protected by a gun shield. For defense against Torpedo Boats, the ship was equipped with four 5-revolving barrel,1.5 inch, 1-pounder Hotchkiss guns. She was also fitted with one 15 inch and three 13.75 inch torpedo tubes.
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Herluf Trolle Class Coastal Defence Ship HDMS Olfert Fischer pictured c1910.
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Training Cruiser HDMS Niels Juel pictured in 1930.
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Danish Ironclad Monitor HDMS Lindormen pictured c 1870...She was laid down at the Naval Dockyard in Copenhagen on July 20th 1866, launched on August 8th 1868 and completed on August 15th 1869...She was 218 ft 7 inches long overall with a beam of 39 ft 4 inches. She had a draft of 14 ft 7 inches and displaced 2,016 long tons. Her crew consisted of 150 officers and enlisted men.
Lindormen had two horizontal direct-acting steam engines built by Burmeister & Wain, each driving one propeller shaft. The engines were rated at a total of 1,500 HP for a designed speed of 12.5 knots. She carried a maximum of 123 long tons of coal that gave her a range of 1,600 miles at 8.5 knots.
She was initially armed with two Armstrong 8.9 inch rifled muzzle loading guns, mounted in a single fwd turret. In 1876 a pair of 3.0 inch RML guns were added. Four years later a pair of 3.4 inch rifled breech loading guns were also added. She had a complete waterline armoured belt that was 5 inches thick. The gun turret was protected by 5.5 inch armour plating. The conning tower armour was also 5.5 inches thick...She was stricken from the Navy List on June 29th 1907 and sold for scrap in the Netherlands.
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Training Cruiser HDMS Niels Juel.
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