The Tordenskjold was a Norwegian coastal defence ship of 3858 tons displacement launched in 1897. The Tordenskjold was powered by three cylindrical coal-fired boilers providing a top speed of 17 knots when new, reduced to 14 knots by the outbreak of the Second World War, and carried a complement of 249. She was armed with two 8.2 inch guns; six 4.7...