Danish ironclad Lindormen (1868)

Lindormen
Career (Denmark)
Name:	HDMS Lindormen
Builder:	Naval Dockyard, Copenhagen
Laid down:	20 July 1866
Launched:	8 August 1868
Commissioned:	15 August 1863
Decommissioned:	29 June 1907
Fate:	Scrapped 1907
General characteristics
Type:	Turret ironclad
Displacement:	2,105 tonnes (2,072 long tons)
Length:	66.43 m (217 ft 11 in)
Beam:	12 m (39 ft 4 in)
Draft:	4.45 m (14.6 ft)
Installed power:	1,500 ihp (1,100 kW)
Propulsion:	2 shafts, 2 steam engines
Speed:	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Range:	1,400 nmi (2,600 km; 1,600 mi) at 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Complement:	140
Armament:	2 x rifled 90-pounder 254 Cnt. Guns
Armour:	Belt: 127 mm (5.0 in) Gun turret: 104 mm (4.1 in) Conning tower: 127 mm (5.0 in)

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

References

• Balsved, Johnny E.. "LINDORMEN (1869–1907)". Danish Naval History. http://www.navalhistory.dk/English/TheShips/L/Lindormen%281869%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.