| Name: | TORDENSKJOLD |
| Type: | Coastal Defence Ship |
| Keel: | 18/03/1896 |
| Launched: | 18/03/1897 |
| Completed: | 02/04/1898 |
| Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 649 |
| Dimensions: | 3435disp, 280.0 x 48.6 x 16.7(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x VT3cyl (24, 35.5 & 54ins x 30ins), 4560ihp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn Leslie Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 16.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 2 x 1 x 8.2ins, 6 x 1 x 4.7ins, 6 x 1 x 12pdr guns; 2 x 1 x 18.0ins torpedoes; |
| (1940: 6 x 1 x 10.5cms, 2 x 1 x 40mm, 14 x 1 x 20mm AA guns) | |
| History: | |
| 02/04/1898 | Royal Norwegian Navy |
| 1940 | Government of Germany; renamed NYMPHE |
| 1945 | Royal Norwegian Navy; renamed TORDENSKJOLD |
| 17/05/1945 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | Often referred to as a Battleship, but of very limited range |
| TORDENSKJOLD and HARALD HAARFAGRE were sister ships | |
| 1939: Disarmed as part of Norwegian neutrality | |
| 1940: Converted by Germany into a floating anti-aircraft battery | |
| 17/05/1945: Deliberately run aground by German crew at Helleford | |
| 1946: Refloated and broken up at Stavanger |
HARALD HAARFAGRE (foreground) & TORDENSKJOLD (behind) at Low Walker 02/11/1896. Photo is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
Above photo is copyright of the Norsk Maritimt Museum, Anders Beer Wilse Collection
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Above photo is copyright of the Norsk Maritimt Museum, Anders Beer Wilse Collection
Above photos are copyright of the Norsk Maritimt Museum, Anders Beer Wilse Collection
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Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail, Friday, 19/03/1897