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The ''Tordenskjold'' class of coastal defence ships was ordered by Norway as part as the general rearmament in the time leading up to the events in 1905 - when Norway broke out of the union with Sweden - the two ships in the class (''Tordenskjold'' and ''Harald Haarfagre'') remained the backbone (alongside the slightly newer ''Eidsvold'' class) of the Royal Norwegian Navy until they were considered 'unfit for war' in the mid-1930s. ==Description== Designed and built as typical pre-dreadnought battleships, although on a scale more suited to the fjords and narrow waters of Norway, the ''Tordenskjold'' class carried guns in a wide range of calibers: * Two 21 cm/45 (8.2 inch) guns in turrets fore and aft as the main armament. * Six 12 cm/45 (4.7 inch), mounted three on each side in a central battery, as the secondary armament. * Six 7.6 cm/40 (3 inch) guns, also mounted in the central battery, as the tertiary armament. * Six 1-pdr Quick Fire guns. These were meant to be used against torpedo boats. The ''Tordenskjold'' class was armoured to withstand battle with ships of a similar class, but her protection system could not withstand attacks from heavier ships nor underwater attacks very well: * 7 inch (17.78 cm) Harvey armour in the belt * 8 inch (20.32 cm) of the same armour on the turrets 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tordenskjold-class coastal defence ship」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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