HNoMS Eidsvold
Service
- as Eidsvold1901 — 9 April 1940221 days of the war
- Name
- HNoMS Eidsvold
- Namesake
- Town of Eidsvold
- Builder
- Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle on Tyne
- Laid down
- 1899
- Launched
- 14 June 1900
- Commissioned
- 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 Eidsvold was a Eidsvold-class coastal defence ship built for the Royal Norwegian Navy. She was named for Town of Eidsvold. Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle on Tyne laid her keel in 1899. Launched on 14 June 1900, she entered service in 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 guns
- 6 × 15 cm guns
- 6 × 7.6 cm guns
- Torpedo tubes
- AA armament:
- 2 × 76 mm AA 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 Eidsvold on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: B. Weyer (1857-1936) — Taschenbuch der Kriegsflotten 1905 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons