Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Navy — Destroyer G03

HNoMS Svenner (G03)

S-class destroyer

HNoMS Svenner (G03)
Unknown author — Norwegian armed forces — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — G03 The Norwegian destroyer KNM Svenner (G03) at Scapa Flow.

Service

  1. Royal Navy as Shark2,193 days of the war
  2. Royal Norwegian Navy as Svenner11 March 1944 — 6 June 194487 days of the war
S-class destroyer Particulars
Name
HNoMS Svenner
Pennant / hull number
G03
Builder
Scotts, Greenock
Laid down
5 November 1941
Launched
1 June 1943
Commissioned
11 March 1944
Fate
Sunk 6 June 1944 (1944)
Status
Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,710 long tons (1,737 t)
Displacement, full load
2,530 long tons (2,571 t)
Length
110.34 m (362 ft) OA
Beam
10.67 m (35 ft)
Draught
4.27 m (14 ft)
Speed
36 knots (66.7 km/h, 41.4 mph)
Range
4,675 nmi (8,658 km)
Complement
170
Main gun
120 mm (4.7 in)

HNoMS Svenner was a S-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number G03. Her keel was laid at Scotts, Greenock on 5 November 1941. Launched on 1 June 1943, she entered service on 11 March 1944.

She was one of 111 ships of her class.

Displacement was 1,710 long tons standard and 2,530 long tons at full load. She measured 110.3 m (362 ft) long with a beam of 10.7 m (35 ft). Her designed speed was 36 knots, and she carried a complement of 170. Her main battery was of 120 mm (4.7 in) calibre.

Her machinery developed 40,000 shp.

She served with the Royal Navy as Shark. She then passed to the Royal Norwegian Navy, serving as Svenner from 11 March 1944. She was in commission for 2,280 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 6 June 1944, at 49°27′N 0°15′W. 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
  • 2 × shafts; 2 × Parsons geared steam turbines
Power
  • 40000 shp
  • 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Armament
  • 4 × single 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mark XII dual-purpose guns
  • 1 × twin Bofors 40 mm AA guns
  • 4 × twin QF 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns
  • 2 × quadruple 21-inch torpedo tubes
  • 4 × throwers and 2 × racks for 70 depth charges

Sister ships

86 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from HNoMS Svenner (G03) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Unknown author — Norwegian armed forces — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons