HSwMS Thordön (1865)
| History | |
|---|---|
| Sweden | |
| Name | Thordön |
| Namesake | Thunder |
| Operator | Swedish Navy |
| Awarded | 2 February 1864 |
| Builder | Motala Verkstad, Norrköping |
| Cost | 864,285 Swedish krona |
| Laid down | November 1864 |
| Launched | 1 December 1865 |
| Commissioned | 14 August 1866 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 1922 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | John Ericsson-class monitor |
| Displacement | 1,501 t (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 |
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| Propulsion | 1 shaft; 1 vibrating-lever steam engine |
| Speed | 6.5 knots (12.0 km/h; 7.5 mph) |
| Range | 950 nmi (1,760 km; 1,090 mi) |
| Complement | 80–104 |
| Armament | 2 × 267 mm (10.5 in) smoothbore guns |
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HSwMS Thordön was the second ship of the John Ericsson-class monitors built for the Royal Swedish Navy in the mid-1860s. She was designed under the supervision of the Swedish-born inventor, John Ericsson, and built in Sweden. Thordön made one foreign visit to Russia in 1867, but remained in Swedish or Norwegian waters (at the time, Sweden and Norway were united in personal union) for the rest of her career. The ship was reconstructed between 1903 and 1905, but generally remained in reserve. She was mobilized during World War I, and sold in 1922 for conversion to a barge.