Danish ironclad Helgoland
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Helgoland |
| Namesake: | Battle of Heligoland |
| Builder: | Naval Dockyard, Copenhagen |
| Laid down: | 20 May 1876 |
| Launched: | 9 May 1878 |
| Commissioned: | 20 August 1879 |
| Decommissioned: | 29 June 1907 |
| Fate: | Scrapped 1907 at Dordrecht |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Barbette ironclad |
| Displacement: | 5,480 tonnes (5,390 long tons) |
| Length: | 79.17 m (259 ft 9 in) |
| Beam: | 18.05 m (59 ft 3 in) |
| Draft: | 5.9 m (19 ft) |
| Installed power: | 4,000 ihp (3,000 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts, 2 Compound steam engines 8 cylindrical boilers |
| Speed: | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Range: | 1,400 nmi (2,600 km; 1,600 mi) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) |
| Complement: | 350 |
| Armament: | 1 × 305 mm (12 in) gun 4 × 260 mm (10.2 in) guns 5 × 120 mm (4.7 in) guns |
| Armour: | Belt: 152–315 mm (6.0–12.4 in) Barbette: 260 mm (10.2 in) Casemate: 260 mm (10.2 in) Deck: 52 mm (2.0 in) |
The Danish ironclad Helgoland was a coast defence barbette ironclad named for the Danish victory over the combined Prussian and Austro-Hungarian squadron at Battle of Heligoland during the Second Schleswig War in 1864.
References
- Balsved, Johnny E. "Helgoland (1879–1907)". Danish Naval History. Retrieved 2010-08-20.
- Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
- Silverstone, Paul H. (1984). Directory of the World's Capital Ships. New York: Hippocrene Books. ISBN 0-88254-979-0.
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