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Danish ironclad Tordenskjold

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Name
  
Tordenskjold

Commissioned
  
29 September 1882

Construction started
  
5 June 1879

Length
  
68 m

Beam
  
13 m

Laid down
  
5 June 1879

Decommissioned
  
14 May 1908

Launched
  
30 September 1880

Weight
  
2,534 tons

Builder
  
Copenhagen

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Namesake
  
Vice Admiral Peter Tordenskjold

Fate
  
Scrapped, 1908 at Stettin

The Danish ironclad Tordenskjold was a coast defence barbette ironclad named for Peter Tordenskjold, victor in the Battle of Dynekilen during the Great Northern War in 1716.

References

Danish ironclad Tordenskjold Wikipedia