HDMS Helgoland

	Helgoland
History
Kingdom of Denmark
Name	Helgoland
Namesake	Battle of Heligoland
Builder	Orlogsværftet, Copenhagen
Laid down	20 May 1876
Launched	9 May 1878
Commissioned	20 August 1879
Decommissioned	29 June 1907
Fate	Scrapped, 1907
General characteristics
Type	Barbette ironclad
Displacement	5,480 t (5,393 long tons)
Length	79.17 m (259 ft 9 in)
Beam	18.05 m (59 ft 3 in)
Draft	5.9 m (19 ft 4 in)
Installed power	8 cylindrical boilers ; 4,000 ihp (3,000 kW);
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 compound-expansion steam engines
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Range	1,400 nmi (2,600 km; 1,600 mi) at 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph)
Complement	350
Armament	1 × single 305 mm (12 in) L/22 ; 4 × single 260 mm (10.2 in) guns; 5 × single 120 mm (4.7 in) guns;
Armour	Belt: 152–315 mm (6.0–12.4 in); Barbette: 260 mm (10.2 in); Casemate: 260 mm (10.2 in); Deck: 52 mm (2 in);

HDMS Helgoland was a coast defence barbette ironclad bult for the Royal Danish Navy in the late 1870s. The ship was decommissioned in 1907 and subsequently scrapped.

History
Helgoland
Kingdom of Denmark
Name	Helgoland
Namesake	Battle of Heligoland
Builder	Orlogsværftet, Copenhagen
Laid down	20 May 1876
Launched	9 May 1878
Commissioned	20 August 1879
Decommissioned	29 June 1907
Fate	Scrapped, 1907
General characteristics
Type	Barbette ironclad
Displacement	5,480 t (5,393 long tons)
Length	79.17 m (259 ft 9 in)
Beam	18.05 m (59 ft 3 in)
Draft	5.9 m (19 ft 4 in)
Installed power	8 cylindrical boilers 4,000 ihp (3,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 compound-expansion steam engines
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Range	1,400 nmi (2,600 km; 1,600 mi) at 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph)
Complement	350
Armament	1 × single 305 mm (12 in) L/22 4 × single 260 mm (10.2 in) guns 5 × single 120 mm (4.7 in) guns
Armour	Belt: 152–315 mm (6.0–12.4 in) Barbette: 260 mm (10.2 in) Casemate: 260 mm (10.2 in) Deck: 52 mm (2 in)