Herluf Trolle (ship, 1899)
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.jpg) The Herluf Trolls 1902 |
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| Overview | |
| Type | Coastal armored ship |
| Shipyard | |
| Keel laying | July 20, 1897 |
| Launch | September 1, 1899 |
| Namesake | Admiral Herluf trolls |
| Commissioning | June 7, 1901 |
| Whereabouts | Sold for demolition April 30, 1932 |
| Technical specifications | |
| displacement |
3,650 t |
| length |
86.5 m over everything |
| width |
15.1 m |
| Draft |
5.0 m |
| crew |
254 men |
| drive |
6 Thornycroft boilers , |
| speed |
15.6 kn |
| Range |
2500 nm at 9 kn |
| Armament |
2 × 24 cm L / 40 canet cannons |
| Fuel supply |
265 tons of coal |
| Armored deck |
57 to 200 mm |
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Armament 1905–1910 |
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| 1910 |
2 additional 57 mm guns |
| 1917 |
4 × 75 mm L / 55 and 8 × 57 mm guns, revolver cannons removed |
| 1918 |
6 × 75 mm and 2 × 57 mm guns |
The Danish coastal armored ship Herluf Trolle , put into service in 1901, was the lead ship in a series of three very similar ships with two 24 cm single towers in front and aft. The efforts of the Danish Navy to get similar ships with heavy artillery finally had success, as they received two more ships in 1904 with the Olfert Fischer and in 1910 with the Peder Skram . The plan to get another ship ( Niels Juel ) with a stronger and more modern weapon failed due to the First World War because Krupp did not deliver the ordered weapons.
In 1918, the Herluf Trolle was initially the only coastal armored ship to remain in service. In 1932 it was sold for demolition.
The ship was named after the Danish admiral and humanist Herluf Trolle (1516–1565) from Skåne .
Building history
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Although comparable in size to the Iver Hvitfeldt , the Herluf Trolle was a further development of the Skjold , but with two heavy single towers, reinforced armor through the use of hardened Creusot steel and increased machine performance. The greatest development in the three years since the Skjold was launched was in the field of ship artillery. The Herluf Trolle's 24 cm canet cannons had a range of 11,500 m compared to the 9,800 m of the Krupp predecessor model and a rate of fire of 1.3 rounds per minute compared to the one shot in two minutes of the Skjold's weapon . The 15 cm cannons had a range of 10,300 m compared to the 7,300 m of the weapons on the Skjold and a rate of fire of 6.5 rounds compared to 5 rounds. However, these guns were now installed in casemates and no longer in free-standing towers so as not to restrict the engine rooms with magazines and rotating mechanisms. As a result, the weapons were so low that they could only be used effectively in calm seas.
Mission history
The Herluf Trolle first came into service on June 7, 1901 and completed its test drives until July 20, 1901. From June 14, 1902 until October of that year, she did the routine service of an active phase for the first time with individual trips and squadron training.
In 1904 the second period of service followed, and in 1906 the active period began in June with a trip by the Danish king to Drontheim for the coronation of his son Carl as Haakon VII of Norway. The ironclad accompanied the royal yacht Dannebrog together with the cruiser Hekla . The ship was in the main repairs in 1907 and was still taking part in the squadron maneuver in the autumn. There were other active periods in 1908 and 1910, this time the Herluf Trolle also remained in service in winter and was only decommissioned in autumn 1911. A second operational phase followed in 1913/1914, again including the winter. The cruiser Hejmdal also belonged to the winter squadron as a cadet training ship.
On August 1, 1914, the Danish Navy's neutrality watch began, which for the Herluf Trolls did not end until February 28, 1919 as the last coastal armored ship. During this time, the three ships of the Herluf Trolle class changed tasks several times between the 1st Squadron on the Öresund , the 2nd Squadron on the Great Belt and service as the flagship.
On August 17, 1922, the Herluf Trolle was assigned to the reserve. The ship was last used in 1930; it served as the artillery training ship of the non-commissioned school and again as the flagship of the training squadron.
In 1932 the Herluf Trolle was sold for demolition after the weapons and other equipment had been dismantled at the Holmen naval base . The hull was scrapped in Denmark in 1934, while the weapons were still in place in 1939 and placed on Amager in Kongelundsfortet . During the Second World War , the Germans confiscated the weapons and placed them in coastal batteries at Gniben and Sjællands Odde . The 24 cm cannons were scrapped in 1947-48.
The Danish coastal armored ships
| Surname | Launch | displacement | speed | Main armament |
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| Tordenskjold | September 30, 1880 | 2,534 t | 13.3 kn | 1 × 35.5 cm L / 25 |
| Iver Hvitfeldt | April 14, 1886 | 3,478 t | 15.1 kn | 2 × 26 cm L / 35 |
| Skjold | May 8, 1896 | 2,195 t | 13.4 kn | 1 × 24 cm L / 40 |
| Herluf trolls | September 2, 1899 | 3,505 t | 15.6 kn | 2 × 24 cm L / 40 |
| Olfert Fischer | May 9, 1903 | 3,650 t | 15.8 kn | 2 × 24 cm L / 43 |
| Peder Skram | May 2, 1908 | 3,735 t | 16.0 kn | 2 × 24 cm L / 43 |
Re-use of the name Herluf Trolle
From 1967 to 1990 the Danish Navy had the frigate Herluf Trolle of 2371 t in service. There were two frigates of this type; the type ship Peder Skram has been preserved as a museum ship in the Holmen naval station in Copenhagen.
literature
- R. Steen Steensen: Vore panserskibe. Marinehistorisk Selskab, Copenhagen 1968.