Danish ironclad Odin (1872)


Odin
Career
Name: HDMS Odin
Namesake: Odin
Builder: Naval Dockyard, Copenhagen
Laid down: 13 April 1871
Launched: 12 December 1872
Commissioned: 7 September 1874
Decommissioned: 12 June 1912
Fate: Scrapped 1912
General characteristics
Type: Turret ironclad
Displacement: 3,232 tonnes (3,181 long tons)
Length: 73.44 m (240 ft 11 in)
Beam: 14.75 m (48 ft 5 in)
Draft: 5.01 m (16.4 ft)
Installed power: 2,300 ihp (1,700 kW)
Propulsion: 1 shaft, 1 steam engine
Speed: 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Range: 1,200 nmi (2,200 km; 1,400 mi) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph)
Complement: 236
Armament: 4 x rifled 120-pounder 366 Cnt. Guns
Armour: Belt: 102–303 mm (4.0–11.9 in)
Battery: 178 mm (7.0 in)
Deck: 26 mm (1.0 in)

Gorm was a Danish central battery ironclad, named for the chief god from Norse legend.

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