HDMS Herluf Trolle (1899)

Painting of Herluf Trolle c. 1902
History
Denmark
Name	Herluf Trolle
Builder	Orlogsværftet
Laid down	20 July 1897
Launched	2 September 1899
Stricken	30 April 1932
Fate	Sold for scrap, 1934
General characteristics
Displacement	3,494 long tons (3,550 t)
Length	82.88 m (271 ft 11 in) pp
Beam	15.06 m (49 ft 5 in)
Draft	4.93 m (16 ft 2 in)
Installed power	6 × water-tube boilers 4,200 ihp (3,100 kW)
Propulsion	2 × triple-expansion engines 2 × screw propellers
Speed	15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph)
Complement	254
Armament	2 × 240 mm (9.4 in) guns 4 × 150 mm (5.9 in) guns 10 × 6-pounder guns 3 × 1-pounder Hotchkiss revolver cannon 8 × 1-pounder automatic guns 3 × 457 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes
Armor	Belt armor: 178 to 203 mm (7 to 8 in) Gun turrets: 170 to 190 mm (6.5 to 7.5 in)

HDMS Herluf Trolle was the lead ship of the Herluf Trolle class of coastal defense ships built for the Royal Danish Navy. The Herluf Trolle class was built in response to a naval construction program in neighboring Imperial Germany. The Danish ships were built in the late 1890s and early 1900s. They were armed with a main battery of two 240 mm (9.4 in) guns and were capable of a top speed of 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph). Because she was intended to operate as part of a solely defensive naval strategy, Herluf Trolle had a fairly uneventful career. She visited Britain in 1902 to represent Denmark at the coronation of Edward VII and Alexandra. During World War I, Denmark remained neutral and Herluf Trolle was assigned to the defense forces that guarded Danish territorial waters. Sharply reduced naval budgets in the 1920s and 1930s curtailed further activities, and in 1932, she was discarded for scrap.