Danish ironclad Odin (1872)

Danish ironclad Odin (1872)
Odin
Career
Name:	HDMS Odin
Namesake:	Odin
Builder:	Naval Dockyard, Copenhagen
Laid down:	13 April 1871
Launched:	12 December 1872
Commissioned:	7 September 1874
Decommissioned:	12 June 1912
Fate:	Scrapped 1912
General characteristics
Type:	Turret ironclad
Displacement:	3,232 tonnes (3,181 long tons)
Length:	73.44 m (240 ft 11 in)
Beam:	14.75 m (48 ft 5 in)
Draft:	5.01 m (16.4 ft)
Installed power:	2,300 ihp (1,700 kW)
Propulsion:	1 shaft, 1 steam engine
Speed:	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Range:	1,200 nmi (2,200 km; 1,400 mi) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph)
Complement:	236
Armament:	4 x rifled 120-pounder 366 Cnt. Guns
Armour:	Belt: 102–303 mm (4.0–11.9 in) Battery: 178 mm (7.0 in) Deck: 26 mm (1.0 in)

Gorm was a Danish central battery ironclad, named for the chief god from Norse legend.

References

• Balsved, Johnny E.. "Odin (1874–1912)". Danish Naval History. http://www.navalhistory.dk/English/TheShips/O/Odin%281874%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.