HNoMS Tordenskjold

Tordenskjold in 1900
History
Norway
Name	Tordenskjold
Namesake	Peter Tordenskjold
Ordered	1896
Laid down	1897
Launched	18 March 1897
Commissioned	21 March 1898
Captured	by the Germans in 1940
Nazi Germany
Name	Nymphe
Acquired	1940
Fate	Handed back to Norway after VE Day
Norway
Name	Tordenskjold
Acquired	1945
Fate	Scrapped 1948
General characteristics as built
Class and type	Tordenskjold-class coastal defence ship
Displacement	3,858 long tons (3,920 t)
Length	92.66 m (304 ft 0 in)
Beam	14.78 m (48 ft 6 in)
Draught	5.38 m (17 ft 8 in)
Propulsion	Coal-fired reciprocating steam engines, 4,500 hp (3,356 kW)
Speed	16.9 knots (31.3 km/h; 19.4 mph)
Complement	245
Armament	2 × 21 cm (8 in)/45 guns 6 × 12 cm (5 in)/45 guns 6 × 7.6 cm (3 in)/40 guns 6 × 1-pounder QF guns 2 × 45 cm (18 in) submerged torpedo tubes
Armour	Belt : 7 in (178 mm) Turrets : 8 in (203 mm)
General characteristics after German rebuild
Displacement	3,858 long tons (3,920 t)
Length	92.66 m (304 ft 0 in)
Beam	14.78 m (48 ft 6 in)
Draught	5.38 m (17 ft 8 in)
Propulsion	Coal-fired reciprocating steam engines, 4,500 hp (3,356 kW)
Speed	16.9 knots (31.3 km/h; 19.4 mph)
Complement	245
Armament	6 × 10.5 cm AA guns 2 × 40 mm AA guns 14 × 20 mm AA guns[1]
Armour	Belt : 7 in (178 mm) Turrets : 8 in (203 mm)

HNoMS Tordenskjold, known locally as Panserskipet Tordenskjold, was a Norwegian coastal defence ship. She, her sister ship, Harald Haarfagre, and the slightly newer Eidsvold class were built as a part of the general rearmament in the time leading up to the events in 1905. Tordenskjold remained an important vessel in the Royal Norwegian Navy until she was considered unfit for war in the mid-1930s.