Skorpionen class Monitor (1867)
Norwegian Monitors (1867-1908): Skorpionen, Mjølner, Thrudvang The Skorpionen-class were three monitors of the Royal Norwegian Navy built from 1866 to 1869. HNoMS Skorpionen, Mjølner and Thrudvang were active until scrapped in 1908. The slightly later Thor can be seen as an improved Skorpionen-class monitor, but the concept, inspire by the US Civil war, remained valid … Read more