Herluf Trolle-class coastal defense ship

The Herluf Trolle class was a class of coastal defence ships of the Royal Danish Navy. The class comprised Herluf Trolle, Olfert Fischer and Peder Skram.

Design

=== Dimensions and machinery === The ships of the class were 82.87 metres (271 ft 11 in) long, had a beam of 15.06 metres (49 ft 5 in), a draught of 4.93 metres (16 ft 2 in), and had a displacement of 3,494 tons. The ships were equipped with 2 shaft reciprocating engines, which were rated at 4,200 ihp (3,100 kW) and produced a top speed of 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph).

=== Armour === The ships had belt armour of 8 in (20 cm) and 7 in (18 cm) turret armour.

=== Armament === The main armament of the ships were two 9.4 in (24 cm) single gun turrets. Secondary armament included four single 15 cm (5.9 in) guns and ten 5.7 cm (2.2 in) 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.

== References == Campbell, N. J. M. (1979). "Denmark". In Gardiner, Robert; Chesneau, Roger; Kolesnik, Eugene M. (eds.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 978-0-85177-133-5. Steensen, Robert Steen (2018) [1968]. Vore Panserskibe 1863–1943 [Our Armored Ships 1863–1943] (in Danish). Copenhagen: Strube. ISBN 978-87-93560-10-9. Westerlund, Karl-Erik (1986). "Denmark". In Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal (eds.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 978-0-85177-245-5. Willits, A. B., ed. (November 1899). "Denmark". Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers. XI (4): 1097. Wismann, Tom (2018). "The Coastal Battleship Peder Skram (1908)". In Taylor, Bruce (ed.). The World of the Battleship: The Lives and Careers of Twenty-One Capital Ships of the World's Navies, 1880–1990. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-0-87021-906-1.

== Further reading == Moore, J: Jane's Fighting Ships of World War I (1919; reprinted 1992) ISBN 1 85170 378 0

== External links == Description of class[link removed]