HDMS Tordenskjold (1852)
HDMS Tordenskjold guarding the Prussian Coast in 1864 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| 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) |
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Tordenskjold was a steam frigate of the Royal Danish Navy. The ship was named after Peter Tordenskjold, an 18th-century Danish admiral.