HDMS Tordenskjold (1852)

For other ships with the same name, see HDMS Peter Tordenskjold.

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)
Armament	(1854) 44 × 30-pounder long gun (1862) 2 × BL 60-pounder gun 14 × 30-pounder long gun 16 × 18-pounder long gun

Tordenskjold was a steam frigate of the Royal Danish Navy. The ship was named after Peter Tordenskjold, an 18th-century Danish admiral. ^[1]

Construction and career

She was launched on 16 June 1852 by Nyholm shipyard in Copenhagen. She was commissioned on 15 April 1854. ^{[2] [3]}

In 1871, she was sold for merchant service and sank in the Atlantic in 1892. ^[4]

See also

• Lists of ships of the Royal Danish Navy
• HSwMS Stockholm
• USS Constitution

References

1. "Danish Fifth Rate frigate 'Tordenskiold' (1852)". threedecks.org. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
2. Degenkolv, H. (1906). Information concerning the ships of the Danish navy in the last century. Copenhagen.
3. Munchaus Petersen, Holger (1986). Joint forces - Danish steamships until 1870 III. Vol. 12. Esbjerg: The Fisheries and Maritime Museum's Maritime Publications. ISBN   87-87453-25-8.
4. "TORDENSKJOLD (1854-1872), Frigate". www.navalhistory.dk. Retrieved 2020-12-04.