HDMS Tordenskjold (1852)

HDMS Tordenskjold guarding the Prussian Coast in 1864
History
Denmark
NameTordenskjold
NamesakeTordenskjold
BuilderNyholm shipyard, Copenhagen
Launched16 June 1852
Commissioned15 April 1854
Decommissioned17 February 1872
HomeportCopenhagen
FateSold to merchant service and sank in 1892
General characteristics
TypeSteam and screw frigate
Displacement1,453 long tons (1,476 t)
Length50.40 m (165 ft)
Beam12.86 m (42 ft 2 in)
Draft5.38 m (17 ft 8 in)
Installed power200 shp (150 kW) (1862)
Propulsion1 × shafts; 1 × steam turbine
Speed8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Armament

Tordenskjold was a steam frigate of the Royal Danish Navy. The ship was named after Peter Tordenskjold, an 18th-century Danish admiral.