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HNoMS Skorpionen

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HNoMS Skorpionen
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HNoMS Skorpionen was the lead ship of her class of three monitors built for the Royal Norwegian Navy in the 1860. She was scrapped in 1908, well after her muzzle-loading guns were outdated.

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The two other ships in her class was Mjølner and Thrudvang. The slightly later Thor can be seen as an improved Skorpionen-class monitor.

The name translates as The Scorpion.

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Skorpionen was armed with two heavy rifled muzzle-loaders in a revolving turret. She had five inches of iron armour on her deck, and her turret was protected by twelve inches of iron armour.

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