Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Norwegian Navy — Destroyer 1936

HNoMS Æger (1936)

Sleipner-class destroyer

HNoMS Æger (1936)
Unknown author — http://hem.fyristorg.com/robertm/norge/Norw_navy_ships.html — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — 1936 The Norwegian Sleipner class destroyer HNoMS Sleipner (published in Jane's Fighting Ships as 1937 official Sleipner photograph. Some publications identify it as HNoMS Æger , but the name Sleipner is on a board under bow turret)

Service

  1. Royal Norwegian Navy as Æger1936 — 9 April 1940221 days of the war
Sleipner-class destroyer Particulars
Name
HNoMS Æger
Pennant / hull number
1936
Namesake
Ægir – the Jötunn king of the sea in Norse mythology
Builder
The Royal Norwegian Navy's shipyard at Karljohansvern, Horten
Launched
25 August 1936
Commissioned
1936
Fate
Bombed and beached 9 April 1940
By aircraft (1940)
Status
Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, standard
735 long tons (747 t)
Length
74.3 m (243.8 ft)
Beam
7.75 m (25.4 ft)
Draught
4.15 m (13.6 ft)
Speed
32 knots (59.3 km/h, 36.8 mph)
Range
3,500 nmi (6,482 km)
Complement
75
Main gun
100 mm (3.9 in)

HNoMS Æger was a Sleipner-class destroyer, operated by the Royal Norwegian Navy. She carried the pennant number 1936. She was built by The Royal Norwegian Navy's shipyard at Karljohansvern, Horten. She entered service in 1936, having been launched on 25 August 1936.

Five ships of the class were built. The class followed the Draug-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Ålesund-class destroyer.

Displacement was 735 long tons. She measured 74.3 m (244 ft) long with a beam of 7.8 m (25 ft). Her designed speed was 32 knots, and she carried a complement of 75.

Her main battery was three 100 mm (3.9 in) guns.

She was in commission for 221 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 9 April 1940 by aircraft, at 59°00′N 5°43′E. 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
  • Two De Laval geared turbines with two shafts and 12,500 hp
Armament
  • 3 × 10 cm guns
  • 1 × 40 mm Bofors L/60
  • anti-aircraft gun
  • 2 × 12.7 mm Colt
  • anti-aircraft machine guns
  • 2 × 53.3 cm trainable torpedo tubes
  • 4 × depth charge throwers

Sister ships

Sources

  • Facts harvested from HNoMS Æger (1936) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Unknown author — http://hem.fyristorg.com/robertm/norge/Norw_navy_ships.html — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons