Danish ironclad Gorm

Gorm
Career (Denmark)
Name:	HDMS Gorm
Namesake:	Gorm the Old
Builder:	Naval Dockyard, Copenhagen
Laid down:	18 November 1867
Launched:	17 May 1870
Commissioned:	23 June 1871
Decommissioned:	12 June 1912
Fate:	Scrapped 1912 in Stettin
General characteristics
Type:	Turret ironclad
Displacement:	2,350 tonnes (2,310 long tons)
Length:	71.74 m (235 ft 4 in) (p.p.)
Beam:	12.21 m (40 ft 1 in)
Draft:	4.39 m (14.4 ft)
Installed power:	1,600 ihp (1,200 kW)
Propulsion:	2 shafts, 2 steam engines
Speed:	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Range:	900 nmi (1,700 km; 1,000 mi) at 8.5 kn (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph)
Complement:	157
Armament:	2 x rifled 120-pounder 366 Cnt. Guns
Armour:	Belt: 178 mm (7.0 in) Gun turret: 203 mm (8.0 in)

Gorm was a Danish turreted ironclad, often referred to as a monitor, named for a serpent from Norse legend.

References

• Balsved, Johnny E.. "Gorm (1871–1912)". Danish Naval History. http://www.navalhistory.dk/English/TheShips/G/Gorm%281871%29.htm. Retrieved 2010-08-20. 
• Gardiner, Robert, ed (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4. 
• Silverstone, Paul H. (1984). Directory of the World's Capital Ships. New York: Hippocrene Books. ISBN 0-88254-979-0.