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As extracted from Jane's Fighting Ships © for 1919
Coast Defence Vessel
Page 90

GORGON (ex Nidaros, 9th June, 1914).

Photo, Cribb, Southsea.

  • Displacement, 5700 tons.
  • Complement, 303.
  • Length (o.a.), 310 feet. Beam, 73.66 feet. Max. Draught, 16.5 feet.
  • Guns (Elswick) : 2 - 9.2 inch, 6 - 6 inch, 2 - 3 inch anti-aircraft, 4-2 pdr. pom-poms.
  • Armour: *7" Belt, *4" Ends, 2" Deck, 4" Citadel, 8" Turrets, 6" Secondary guns, 8" Fore C.T., 6" Aft C.T.
  • Machinery: Triple expansion. 2 screws. Boilers : Yarrow. Designed H.P. 4000 = 13 kts. Coal: maximum 364 tons + 170 tons oil.

* Not fitted ?

Name

Builder

Machinery

Begun

Completed

Trials:

Gorgon

Armstrong

H. Leslie

June, 1913

June, 1918

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Notes.-There were originally two ships in this class, begun at Elswick in May-June, 1913, for the Norwegian Navy, as the Coast Service Battleships Bjoerqvin and Nidaros. Construction was stopped when war began, and they lay in the Tyne in an incomplete condition until 1915, when they were taken over for the British Navy and named Glatton (ex Bjoerqvin) and Gorgon (ex Nidaros). Glatton blew up at Dover during September, 1918. As originally designed, this ship had a beam of 55.75 feet and a speed of 15 kts. Beam has been increased and speed reduced by the addition of " blisters " to the hull. The belt may never have been fitted.

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