HNoMS Thrudvang

HNoMS Thrudvang was a monitor built for the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1869. She was scrapped in 1918, well after her muzzle-loading guns were outdated. The slightly later Thor can be seen as an improvement of the Skorpionen class.

History
Name: Thrudvang
Namesake: Þrúðvangr – the realm of the Norse god Thor
Launched: 1869
Fate: Scrapped 1918
General characteristics
Class and type: Skorpionen-class monitor
Displacement: 1,501 metric tons (1,477 long tons)
Length: 60.88 m (199 ft 9 in)
Beam: 13.54 m (44 ft 5 in)
Draft: 3.4 m (11 ft 2 in)
Installed power: 380 ihp (280 kW)
Propulsion: 1 shaft, 1 Vibrating lever steam engine, 4 cylindrical boilers
Speed: 6.5 knots (12.0 km/h; 7.5 mph)
Range: 950 nautical miles (1,760 km; 1,090 mi)
Complement: 80–104
Armament: 2 × 270 mm (10.6 in) Armstrong guns
Armor:

Details
The crew of Thrudvang photographed on 13 June 1870, gathered around the central turret. Note ventilator on left side.

Thrudvang was armed with two heavy rifled muzzle-loaders in a revolving turret. She had five inches of iron armour on her deck, and her turret was protected by twelve inches of iron armour.

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