Tordenskjold Class Coastal Defence Ship
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 ( and ) remained the backbone (alongside the slightly newer ) 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 ...
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KNM Tordenskjold
KNM may refer to: * Kongelig Norsk Marine, Royal Norwegian Navy ship prefix * Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt, Royal Dutch Mint, mint of the Netherlands * Kerala Nadvathul Mujahideen, a Salafi movement in India * Kualanamu International Airport railway station Kualanamu International Airport Station (KNM) is an airport railway station located in Kualanamu International Airport complex, in Beringin, Beringin, Deli Serdang Regency, North Sumatra, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Ind ..., Indonesia, station code * Kunsill Nazzjonali tal-Ilsien Malti, language regulator of Maltese {{disambiguation ...
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