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Edited and
Designed by:

Johnny E. Balsved

Data Sheet

Service

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Classification

Type:

Screw Frigate

Class:

NIELS JUEL Class

Other Ships
in Class:

NIELS JUEL
SJÆLLAND

Specifications

Built by:

Naval Dock Yard, Copenhagen

Design:

Dock Master O. F. Suenson

Laid down:

June 11, 1857

Launched:

November 20, 1860

Commissioned:

May 1862

Decommissioned:

May 14, 1908

Pennant Number:

n/a

Int'l Call Sign:

n/a

Displacement:

2,450 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

71.0 m

13.5 m

6.0 m

Complement:

405-437 officers and men

Propulsion:

Baumgarten & Burmeister - 1.300 Hps

Range:

n/a

Armament:

30 x 30-pounds 50 Cnt. Guns
14 x 30-pounds 40 Cnt. Guns

I 1864:

32 x 30-pounds Guns
8 x 18-pounds Rifled Guns
4 x 12-pounds Rifled Guns

Later:

20 x 6"" 50 Cnt. Muzzle Loading Guns
6 x 5"" 28 Cnt. Breech Loading Guns
6 x Revolver Guns
1 x 37 mm Breech Loading Guns
1 x Mitrailleuse

Speed:

9-11 knots

Notes

None

Sources:

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Fregatten JYLLAND - Fra orlogsværft til museumsdok, edited by Finn Askgaard, Forlaget Devantier, Næstved, 1996 (ISBN 87-985521-3-9)

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Fælles kræfter - Danske dampskibe indtil 1870 III, by Holger Munchaus Petersen, Fiskeri- og Søfartsmuseets maritime skrifter nr. 12, Fiskeri- og Søfartsmuseet, Esbjerg,  1986 (ISBN 87-87453-25-8)

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Oplysninger vedrørende den danske flaades skibe i sidste aarhundrede, by etatsråd H. Degenkolv, Copenhagen, 1906.

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Vore orlogsskibe fra halvfemserne til nu, by Kay Larsen, Nyt Nordisk Forlag/Arnold Busck, 1932

44You are also referred to the Naval Bibliography