Herluf Trolle-class coastal defence ship

HDMS Herluf Trolle
Class overview
Name	Herluf Trolle class
Builders	The Naval Dockyard
Operators	Royal Danish Navy
Subclasses	Peder Skram
Completed	3
General characteristics
Type	Coastal defence ship
Displacement	3,494 tons
Length	82.87 m (271 ft 11 in)
Beam	15.06 m (49 ft 5 in)
Draught	4.93 m (16 ft 2 in)
Propulsion	4,200 hp (3,100 kW), two shafts
Speed	15.5 knots (28.7 km/h)
Complement	254
Armament	2 × 9.4 in (24 cm) (2 × 1) 4 × 15 cm (5.9 in) (4 × 1) 10 × 5.7 cm (2.2 in) (10 × 1) 3 × 45 cm (18 in) torpedo tubes
Armour	8 in (20 cm) belt 7 in (18 cm) turret

The Herluf Trolle class was a class of coastal defence ships of the Royal Danish Navy. The class comprised Herluf Trolle, Olfert Fischer and Peder Skram.

Design

Dimensions and machinery

The ships of the class were 82.87 metres (271 ft 11 in) long, had a beam of 15.06 metres (49 ft 5 in), a draught of 4.93 metres (16 ft 2 in), and had a displacement of 3,494 tons. The ships were equipped with 2 shaft reciprocating engines, which were rated at 4,200  ihp (3,100 kW) and produced a top speed of 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph).

Armour

The ships had belt armour of 8 in (20 cm) and 7 in (18 cm) turret armour.

Armament

The main armament of the ships were two 9.4 in (24 cm) single gun turrets. Secondary armament included four single 15 cm (5.9 in) guns and ten 5.7 cm (2.2 in) single guns.

Construction

Herluf Trolle was laid down at the Copenhagen Navy Yard and launched on 1 January 1899. Olfert Fischer was also laid down at Copenhagen Navy Yard and was launched on 1 January 1902.

Construction data

Name	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Completed	Fate
Herluf Trolle	Copenhagen Naval Yard	20 Jul 1897	1 Sep 1899	7 Jun 1901	Stricken, Apr 1932
Olfert Fischer	Copenhagen Naval Yard	20 Oct 1900	9 May 1903	31 May 1905	Stricken, Oct 1936
Peder Skram	Copenhagen Naval Yard	24 Apr 1905	2 May 1908	24 Sep 1908	Scuttled during Operation Safari, 29 Aug 1943

References

• Campbell, N. J. M. (1979). "Denmark". In Gardiner, Robert; Chesneau, Roger; Kolesnik, Eugene M. (eds.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905 . Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN   978-0-85177-133-5.
• Steensen, Robert Steen (2018) [1968]. Vore Panserskibe 1863–1943[Our Armored Ships 1863–1943] (in Danish). Copenhagen: Strube. ISBN   978-87-93560-10-9.
• Westerlund, Karl-Erik (1986). "Denmark". In Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal (eds.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN   978-0-85177-245-5.
• Willits, A. B., ed. (November 1899). "Denmark". Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers. XI (4): 1097.
• Wismann, Tom (2018). "The Coastal Battleship Peder Skram (1908)". In Taylor, Bruce (ed.). The World of the Battleship: The Lives and Careers of Twenty-One Capital Ships of the World's Navies, 1880–1990. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN   978-0-87021-906-1.

Further reading

• Moore, J: Jane's Fighting Ships of World War I (1919; reprinted 1992) ISBN   1 85170 378 0

External links

• Description of class