HDMS Valkyrien (1888)
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For other ships with the same name, see HDMS Valkyrien.
Valkyrien was a Danish protected cruiser that was in service of the Royal Danish Navy from 1890 until it was sold for scrap in 1923. It was the largest cruiser in the Danish fleet. The ship was used by Prince Valdemar of Denmark on a nine-month tour of East Asia in 1899 and 1900, visiting China, Japan, Thailand, and India. During World War I, it was a station ship in the Danish West Indies from 1915 to 1917, until the islands were sold by Denmark to the United States.
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Denmark | |
Name | Valkyrien |
Namesake | the Valkyries |
Builder | War Shipyard, Copenhagen |
Laid down | 27 October 1886 |
Launched | 8 September 1888 |
In service | 1890 |
Fate | Sold for scrap in October 1923 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Protected cruiser |
Displacement | 3,020 metric tons (2,970 long tons) |
Length | 85.5 m (281 ft) |
Beam | 13.2 m (43 ft) |
Draft | 5.5 m (18 ft) |
Propulsion | 6 cylinder triple boilers |
Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
Range | 3,200 nmi (5,900 km; 3,700 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement | 282–309 officers and men |
Armament |
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Armor | 64 mm (2.5 in) |
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