Odin Class Coast Defence Ship (1894)
From The Dreadnought Project
Two Odin class coast defence ships were completed for the Imperial German Navy in 1896.
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| Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
| Odin | Danzig Dockyard | 1893 | 3 Nov, 1894 | 22 Sep, 1896 | Sold 1922 |
| Ägir | Kiel Dockyard | 1892 | 3 Apr, 1895 | 15 Oct, 1896 | Sold 1912 |
Design & Construction
Performance
Armament
As Completed
- Three 240mm/35 caliber guns
- Ten 88mm/30 caliber quick-firing guns
- Three 450mm torpedo tubes, eight torpedoes
Post-Refit
- Three 240mm/35 caliber guns
- Ten 88mm/30 caliber quick-firing guns
- Three 450mm torpedo tubes, eight torpedoes
- One 350mm torpedo tube, three torpedoes
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Gröner, Erich (revised and expanded by Dieter Jung and Martin Maass) (1990). German Warships 1815-1945. Volume One: Major Surface Vessels. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press.
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