Danish ironclad Peder Skram

Career (Denmark)
Name:	HDMS Peder Skram
Namesake:	Admiral Peder Skram
Builder:	Naval Dock Yard, Copenhagen
Laid down:	19 May 1859
Launched:	18 October 1864
Completed:	15 August 1866
Out of service:	7 December 1885
Reclassified:	Accommodation hulk
Fate:	Scrapped 1897
General characteristics
Type:	Armoured frigate
Displacement:	4,747 long tons (4,823 t)
Length:	226 ft 3 in (69.0 m) (p.p.)
Beam:	49 ft 6 in (15.1 m)
Draft:	21 ft 8 in (6.6 m)
Installed power:	1,680 ihp (1,250 kW)
Propulsion:	1 shaft, 1 steam engine, 4 boilers
Speed:	11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Range:	1,500 nmi (2,800 km; 1,700 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement:	450
Armament:	6 × 60-pounder 150 Cnt. Guns 8 × 24-pounds 60 Cnt. Guns
Armour:	Belt: 127 mm (5.0 in) Battery: 114 mm (4.5 in)

The Danish ironclad Peder Skram was originally laid down as a wooden steam frigate, but was converted to an armoured frigate while under construction in the early 1860s.

References

• Balsved, Johnny E.. "Armored Frigate PEDER SKRAM (1866–1885)". Danish Naval History. http://www.navalhistory.dk/English/TheShips/P/PederSkram%281866%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.