Английская Википедия:HDMS Odin

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The Danish ironclad Odin was a central battery ironclad built for the Royal Danish Navy in the 1870s. 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 206 officers and enlisted men. She was fitted with a retractable spur ram in the bow.[1] The ship was reconstruction in 1898 to give her main guns better arcs of fire and an armored conning tower was added.[2]

Odin had one horizontal direct-acting steam engine, built by Burmeister & Wain,[2] that drove a single propeller shaft. The engine was rated at a Шаблон:Convert for a designed speed of Шаблон:Convert. The ship carried a maximum of Шаблон:Convert of coal[1] that gave her a range of Шаблон:Convert at Шаблон:Convert.[2]

She was initially armed with four single Armstrong Шаблон:Convert rifled muzzle-loading (RML) guns mounted in the armored citadel and six Шаблон:Convert guns. In 1883, the 76-millimeter guns were replaced by four Шаблон:Convert rifled breech-loading guns.[2] The 254-millimeter guns were later converted into 16-caliber breech-loading guns by Krupp.[1]

The ship had a complete waterline armored belt that ranged in thickness from Шаблон:Convert. The battery was protected by Шаблон:Convert armor plates. The deck armor was Шаблон:Convert thick. The conning tower was protected by armor plates Шаблон:Convert thick.[2]

Construction and career

Odin, named for the eponymous god from Norse legend, was laid down by the Naval Dockyard in Copenhagen on 13 April 1871, launched on 12 December 1872 and completed on 7 September 1874.[3]

In August 1895, Odin led the summer maneuver squadron, which also included the coastal defense ship Шаблон:HDMS and the gunboats Шаблон:HDMS, Шаблон:HDMS, Шаблон:HDMS, Шаблон:HDMS, and Шаблон:HDMS. Odin served as the flagship of Rear Admiral Kock. The squadron was established on 7 August, and it was joined by the cruisers Шаблон:HDMS, Шаблон:HDMS, Шаблон:HDMS, and Шаблон:HDMS, along with several small torpedo boats and other small craft. The training exercises lasted until 20 September.Шаблон:Sfn

She was stricken from the Navy List on 12 June 1912 and sold for scrap. The ship was broken up in the Netherlands.[3]

Notes

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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 2,3 2,4 Silverstone, p. 56
  3. 3,0 3,1 Silverstone, p. 59