Hekla armored cruiser ( Dat. Hekla ) - Danish Navy armored cruiser . In fact, it was an intermediate type between a cruiser and a gunboat . Based on this project, the Geyser type was developed [3] .
| Armored cruiser "Hekla" | |
|---|---|
| Hekla | |
 The cruiser Hekla. 1909 year | |
| Service | |
 Denmark | |
| Class and type of vessel | Armored cruiser |
| Manufacturer | Naval Dock Yard, Copenhagen |
| Construction started | May 9, 1889 |
| Launched | November 28, 1890 |
| Commissioned | January 1, 1891 |
| Withdrawn from the fleet | 1954 year |
| Status | Scrapped |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 1300 tons |
| Length | 72.65 m |
| Width | 10.36 m |
| Draft | 3.45 m |
| Reservation | Deck - 25 ... 45 mm |
| Engines | 2 triple expansion steam engines , 8 steam boilers |
| Power | 3000 l. from. |
| Mover | 2 |
| Speed | 17 knots |
| Sailing range | 1800 miles at 10 knots |
| Crew | 156 people |
| Armament | |
| Artillery | 2 × 1 - 150 mm / 35 4 × 1 - 57 mm 6 × 1 - 37 mm |
| Mine torpedo armament | 4 × 1 - 380 mm SLT [1] [2] |
Content
- 1 Design
- 2 Service
- 3 notes
- 4 References
- 5 Literature
Design
It was a smaller and cheaper copy of the cruiser Valkyrie , which seemed too expensive to the Danish government . The world's first artillery ship with water tube boilers designed by Tornicroft [1] . The 150 mm guns were quick-fire and could only fire one shot per minute.
Service
He was considered a cruiser until 1906 , periodically carried out patrol service off the coast of Iceland . Since 1906 he became a training ship . In 1913 he was disarmed, since 1914 he served as a submarine base . Since 1915 it became a floating barracks .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Nenakhov Yu. Yu. Encyclopedia of the Cruisers 1860 - 1910 . - Minsk : Harvest, 2006 . - S. 283. - ISBN 5-17-030194-4 .
- ↑ Kofman V. L. Completely independent "peanuts" // Model-designer. - 2009. - No. 4 . - S. 2 .
- ↑ Kofman V. L. Completely independent "peanuts." - S. 26 .
Links
Literature
- Nenakhov Yu. Yu. Encyclopedia of the Cruisers 1860 - 1910 . - Minsk : Harvest, 2006 . - ISBN 5-17-030194-4 .
- Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1860 - 1905 . - London: Conway Maritime Press, 1980 . - ISBN 0-85177-133-5 .