HNoMS Norge
Service
- as Norge7 February 1901 — 9 April 1940221 days of the war
- Name
- HNoMS Norge
- Namesake
- Norway
- Builder
- Armstrong Whitworth at Newcastle on Tyne
- Launched
- 31 March 1900
- Commissioned
- 7 February 1901
- Fate
- Sunk 9 April 1940 in Narvik Harbour, Norway (1940)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 4,233 long tons (4,301 t)
- Length
- 94.6 m (310.4 ft)
- Beam
- 15.7 m (51.5 ft)
- Draught
- 5.4 m (17.7 ft)
- Speed
- 17.2 knots (31.9 km/h, 19.8 mph)
- Complement
- 270
- Main gun
- 210 mm (8.3 in)
HNoMS Norge was a Eidsvold-class coastal defence ship of the Royal Norwegian Navy. The ship was named after Norway. She was built by Armstrong Whitworth at Newcastle on Tyne. Launched on 31 March 1900, she entered service on 7 February 1901.
Two ships of the class were built. The class followed the Tordenskjold-class coastal defence ship and was succeeded by the Bjørgvin-class coastal defence ship.
She displaced 4,233 long tons. She measured 94.6 m (310 ft) long with a beam of 15.7 m (52 ft). Her designed speed was 17.2 knots, and she carried a complement of 270.
Her main battery was two 210 mm (8.3 in) guns.
She was in commission for 221 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 9 April 1940. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- steam engines with
- 4500 hp
- Armament
- 2 × 21 cm (8.26-inch) guns
- 6 × 15 cm (5.90-inch) guns
- 6 × 7.6 cm (3-inch) guns
- Torpedo tubes
- Anti-aircraft armament:
- 2 × 76 mm anti-aircraft guns
- 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns
- 2 × 12.7 mm Colt anti-aircraft machine guns
- 4 × 7.92 mm Colt anti-aircraft machine guns
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HNoMS Norge on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Anders Beer Wilse — http://www.nb.no/cgi-bin/galnor/gn_sok.sh?id=63881&skjema=2&fm=4 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons