HDMS Helgoland

Helgoland
History
Kingdom of Denmark
NameHelgoland
NamesakeBattle of Heligoland
BuilderOrlogsværftet, Copenhagen
Laid down20 May 1876
Launched9 May 1878
Commissioned20 August 1879
Decommissioned29 June 1907
FateScrapped, 1907
General characteristics
TypeBarbette ironclad
Displacement5,480 t (5,393 long tons)
Length79.17 m (259 ft 9 in)
Beam18.05 m (59 ft 3 in)
Draft5.9 m (19 ft 4 in)
Installed power
Propulsion2 shafts, 2 compound-expansion steam engines
Speed13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Range1,400 nmi (2,600 km; 1,600 mi) at 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph)
Complement350
Armament
  • 1 × single 305 mm (12 in) L/22
  • 4 × single 260 mm (10.2 in) guns
  • 5 × single 120 mm (4.7 in) guns
Armour

HDMS Helgoland was a coast defence barbette ironclad bult for the Royal Danish Navy in the late 1870s. The ship was decommissioned in 1907 and subsequently scrapped.