The Herluf Trolle class was a class of coastal defence ships of the Royal Danish Navy. The class comprised , and .
Design Dimensions and machinery The ships of the class were long, had a beam of , a draught of , and had a displacement of 3,494 tons. The ships were equipped with 2 shaft reciprocating engines, which were rated at and produced a top speed of .
Armour The ships had belt armour of and turret armour.
Armament The main armament of the ships were two single gun turrets. Secondary armament included four single guns and ten single guns.
Construction Herluf Trolle was laid down at the Copenhagen Navy Yard and launched on 1 January 1899. Olfert Fischer was also laid down at Copenhagen Navy Yard and was launched on 1 January 1902.
+ Construction data Name Builder Laid down Launched Completed Fate Copenhagen Naval Yard 20 Jul 1897 1 Sep 1899 7 Jun 1901 Stricken, Apr 1932 Copenhagen Naval Yard 20 Oct 1900 9 May 1903 31 May 1905 Stricken, Oct 1936 Copenhagen Naval Yard 24 Apr 1905 2 May 1908 24 Sep 1908 Scuttled during Operation Safari, 29 Aug 1943
References
Further reading Moore, J: Jane's Fighting Ships of World War I (1919; reprinted 1992)
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