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HDMS Skjold (1896)
HDMS ''Skjold'' was an armored coastal defense ship built for the Royal Danish Navy in the 1890s, the only member of her ship class, class. The naval command had wanted a larger vessel, but parliamentary reluctance to fund a more expensive vessel forced the navy to compromise with a smaller ship. As she was intended to serve as part of the defense of Copenhagen, she was fairly small and had a shallow draft (hull), draft, but was heavily armed and armored for her size. She carried a single gun in an armored gun turret forward, and had a complete armor belt. She took part in many of the routine training exercises in the late 1890s, 1900s, and early 1910s and visited a number of foreign ports in northern Europe during this period. ''Skjold'' was assigned to the security forces that guarded Denmark during World War I, Danish neutrality during World War I, helping to guard the capital at Copenhagen and patrol the Great Belt. The ship was decommissioned in December 1918 after the war, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orlogsværftet
''Orlogsværftet'' () was a Danish naval shipyard under the Royal Danish Navy. Before 1924, it was an integral part of the naval base at Holmen in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It has an independent management from 1692, when Olaus Judichær became the first factory director. In 1924, the shipyard was established as a regular company under the Naval Ministry. They were given the responsibility to build and maintain naval ships and aircraft. Orlogsværftet delivered its last newly built vessel in 1970, the submarine ''Nordkaperen'', and continued as a repair yard until 1995— when the navy was moved out of Copenhagen to Korsør and Frederikshavn. Maersk-owned Odense Steel Shipyard replaced Orlogsværftet as the navy's primary shipyard. In the 20th century, the ship yard also produced a smaller number of civilian vessels; including ferrys for the Danish State Railways, boats for the Royal Danish Mail and a single ship for GN Store Nord. Personnel The chief designer at Orlogs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
