HNoMS Thrudvang was a monitor

Monitor (warship)

A monitor was a class of relatively small warship which was neither fast nor strongly armoured but carried disproportionately large guns. They were used by some navies from the 1860s until the end of World War II, and saw their final use by the United States Navy during the Vietnam War.The monitors...

 built for the Royal Norwegian Navy

Royal Norwegian Navy

The Royal Norwegian Navy is the branch of the Norwegian Defence Force responsible for naval operations. , the RNoN consists of approximately 3,700 personnel and 70 vessels, including 5 heavy frigates, 6 submarines, 14 patrol boats, 4 minesweepers, 4 minehunters, 1 mine detection vessel, 4 support...

in 1869. She was scrapped in 1918, well after her muzzle-loading guns were outdated.
The slightly later can be seen as an improvement of the Skorpionen class.

Details

Thrudvang 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.

External links

• Naval History via Flix: KNM Skorpionen, retrieved 16 January 2006.
• Naval History via Flix: KNM Thrudvang, retrieved 16 January 2006