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Monday, 22 October 2018

Danish coastal defence ship Iver Hvitfeldt abusively mentioned as destroyed according to the magazine Mitteilungen aus dem Gebiete des Seewesens dated 1904 no. 3

An item reported that the Danish armoured ship Iver Hvitfeld with a displacement of 3.450 tons and a speed of 15.5 mile was destroyed at Copenhagen, Denmark when fire broke out in the coalbunkers.(1)

Note
1. Coastal defence ship, laid down at the Navy Yard at Copenhagen on 9 April 1884, launched on 14 April 1886, completed on 1 June 1887 and stricken in February 1919.