Английская Википедия:HDMS Gorm

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The Danish ironclad Gorm was a monitor built for the Royal Danish Navy in the 1860s. She was scrapped in 1912.

Description

The ship was Шаблон:Convert long overall with a beam of Шаблон:Convert. She had a draft of Шаблон:Convert and displaced Шаблон:Convert. Her crew consisted of 150 officers and enlisted men.[1]

Gorm had two trunk steam engines, built by John Penn and Sons,[2] each driving one propeller shaft. The engines were rated at a total of Шаблон:Convert for a designed speed of Шаблон:Convert. The ship carried a maximum of Шаблон:Convert of coal.[1]

She was initially armed with two Armstrong Шаблон:Convert rifled muzzle-loading (RML) guns mounted in a single turret. In 1875 a pair of Шаблон:Convert RML guns were added. Four years later a pair of Шаблон:Convert rifled breech-loading guns were also added and four more 87-millimeter guns were added in 1889. Two years later a pair of quick-firing (QF) Шаблон:Convert Hotchkiss guns were added.[2] The 254-millimeter guns were ultimately replaced by a pair of QF [[15 cm SK L/35|Шаблон:Convert guns]].[1]

The ship had a complete waterline armored belt that was Шаблон:Convert thick. The gun turret was protected by Шаблон:Convert armor plates.[2]

Construction and career

Gorm was named for Gorm the Old, first historically recognized King of Denmark, was laid down by the Naval Dockyard in Copenhagen on 18 November 1867, launched on 17 May 1870 and completed on 23 June. She was stricken from the Navy List on 12 June 1912 and sold for scrap. The ship was broken up at Stettin, Germany.[3]

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References

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  1. 1,0 1,1 1,2 Gardiner, p. 365
  2. 2,0 2,1 2,2 Silverstone, p. 56
  3. Silverstone, pp. 58–59