HNoMS Garm (1913)
- Displacement
- 580 long tons (589 t)
- Length
- 69.2 m (227 ft)
- Beam
- 7.3 m (24 ft)
- Speed
- 27 knots (50 km/h, 31.1 mph)
- Complement
- 76
- Main gun
- 76 mm (3 in)
Service
- as Garm6 July 1914 — 26 April 1940238 days of the war
- Name
- HNoMS Garm
- Pennant / hull number
- 1913
- Namesake
- Ragnarök hound Garmr
- Builder
- The Royal Norwegian Navy's shipyard at Horten
- Launched
- 27 May 1913
- Commissioned
- 6 July 1914
- Decommissioned
- 26 April 1940
- Fate
- Sunk by Luftwaffe bombers 26 April 1940
By aircraft (1940) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 580 long tons (589 t)
- Length
- 69.2 m (227 ft)
- Beam
- 7.3 m (24 ft)
- Draught
- 2.9 m (9.5 ft)
- Speed
- 27 knots (50 km/h, 31.1 mph)
- Complement
- 76
- Main gun
- 76 mm (3 in)
HNoMS Garm was a destroyer of the Draug class built for the Royal Norwegian Navy. She carried the pennant number 1913. The ship was named after Ragnarök hound Garmr. She was built by The Royal Norwegian Navy's shipyard at Horten. Launched on 27 May 1913, she entered service on 6 July 1914.
Three ships of the class were built. The class followed the Valkyrjen and was succeeded by the Sleipner-class destroyer.
Displacement was 580 long tons. She measured 69.2 m (227 ft) long with a beam of 7.3 m (24 ft). Her designed speed was 27 knots, and she carried a complement of 76.
Her main battery was six 76 mm (3.0 in) guns.
She was in commission for 238 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 26 April 1940.
She was sunk on 26 April 1940 by aircraft, at 61°05′N 5°50′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 steam turbines with 8000 hp
- Armament
- 6 × 7.6 cm (3-inch) guns
- 1 × 12.7 mm Colt anti-aircraft machine gun
- 3 × trainable 45 cm torpedo launchers
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HNoMS Garm (1913) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.