Tordenskjold-class coastal defence ship

	; Plans of panserskipet Tordenskjold
Class overview
Name	Tordenskjold class
Operators	Royal Norwegian Navy
Preceded by	None
Succeeded by	Eidsvold class
Built	1897–1898
In commission	1898–1948
Completed	2
Scrapped	2
General characteristics
Type	Coastal defence ship
Displacement	3,858 long tons (3,920 t)
Length	92.66 m (304 ft 0 in) (oa); 85.34 m (280 ft 0 in) pp;
Beam	14.78 m (48 ft 6 in)
Draught	5.38 m (17 ft 8 in)
Installed power	3 cylindrical boilers; 4,500 ihp (3,356 kW);
Propulsion	2 × triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	16.9 knots (31.3 km/h; 19.4 mph)
Complement	245
Armament	2 × 21 cm (8.3 in) guns; 6 × 12 cm (4.7 in) guns; 6 × 12-pdr (76 mm (3 in)) guns; 6 × 1-pdr QF guns; 2 × 45 cm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes;
Armour	Harvey armor; Belt : 7–4 in (178–102 mm); Turrets : 8–5 in (203–127 mm);

The Tordenskjold class of coastal defence ships was ordered by Norway as part as the general rearmament in the time leading up to the events in 1905 - when Norway broke out of the union with Sweden - the two ships in the class (Tordenskjold and Harald Haarfagre) remained the backbone (alongside the slightly newer Eidsvold class) of the Royal Norwegian Navy until they were considered 'unfit for war' in the mid-1930s.

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