HDMS Odin
 Odin
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| History | |
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| Name | 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 | list error: <br /> list (help) 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.
References
- Balsved, Johnny E. "Odin (1874–1912)". 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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