View source for Skorpionen-class monitor

{|{{Infobox ship begin}}
{{Infobox ship image
| Ship image = [[File:KNM Skorpionen.png|300px|KNM Skorpionen]]
| Ship caption = HNoMS ''Skorpionen''. Note extremely low freeboard and single turret, typical of this kind of warship.
}}
{{Infobox ship class overview
| Name = ''Skorpionen'' class
| Builders = 
| Operators = {{navy|Norway}}
| Class before = None
| Class after = {{Ship|HNoMS|Thor|1872|2}}
| Subclasses = 
| Cost = 
| Built range = 1866–1869
| In service range = 
| In commission range = 1867–1908
| Total ships building = 
| Total ships planned = 
| Total ships completed = 3
| Total ships cancelled = 
| Total ships active = 
| Total ships laid up = 
| Total ships lost = 
| Total ships retired = 
| Total ships preserved = 
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
| Hide header = 
| Header caption = 
| Ship type = [[Monitor (warship)|Monitor]]
| Ship displacement = {{convert|1490|LT|t|0|lk=in|abbr=on}}
| Ship length = {{convert|62.33|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| Ship beam = {{convert|13.68|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| Ship draught = {{convert|3.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| Ship propulsion = Coal-fired reciprocating steam engine, {{convert|450|hp|0|abbr=on}}
| Ship speed = {{convert|8|kn|lk=in}}
| Ship range = 
| Ship complement = 85
| Ship armament = 2 × {{convert|26.67|cm|in|abbr=on}} [[Rifled muzzle loader|RML]] guns
| Ship armour = *Belt: {{convert|5|in|mm|abbr=on}}
*Turret: {{convert|12|in|mm|abbr=on}}
*Deck: {{convert|5|in|mm|abbr=on}}
| Ship notes = 
}}
|}
The '''''Skorpionen''-class monitors''' were a class of three [[Monitor (warship)|monitors]] employed in the [[Royal Norwegian Navy]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/conwaysallworlds0000unse_l2e2/page/369/mode/1up |title=Conway's all the world's fighting ships, 1860-1905 |date=1979 |publisher=Mayflower Books |isbn=0831703024 |pages=369}}</ref> The ships were {{Ship|HNoMS|Skorpionen||2}}, {{Ship|HNoMS|Mjølner||2}} and {{Ship|HNoMS|Thrudvang||2}}. The ships were built from 1866 to 1869. they were scrapped in 1908.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/directoryofworld0000silv/page/n353/mode/2up |title=Directory of the world's capital ships |date=1984 |publisher=[[Hippocrene Books]] |isbn=0882549790 |pages=351–352}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of ironclads]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Norwegian monitors}}

[[Category:Monitor classes]]
[[Category:Skorpionen-class monitors| ]]


{{norway-mil-stub}}
{{navy-stub}}