HNoMS Sleipner (1936)
Service
- as Sleipner1936 — 19562,193 days of the war
- Name
- HNoMS Sleipner
- Pennant / hull number
- 1936
- Namesake
- Sleipnir – the eight-legged steed of Odin
- Builder
- The Royal Norwegian Navy's shipyard at Horten
- Laid down
- 3 October 1934
- Launched
- 7 May 1936
- Commissioned
- 1936
- Decommissioned
- 1956
- Fate
- Sold for scrapping in 1956 (1956)
- Status
- Scrapped
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
- 72
- Main gun
- 100 mm (3.9 in)
HNoMS Sleipner was a Sleipner-class destroyer, operated by the Royal Norwegian Navy. She carried the pennant number 1936. The Royal Norwegian Navy's shipyard at Horten laid her keel on 3 October 1934. Launched on 7 May 1936, she entered service in 1936.
She was one of five ships of her class. The class followed the Draug-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Ålesund-class destroyer.
She displaced 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 72.
Her main battery was three 100 mm (3.9 in) guns.
She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned in 1956.
She was broken up for scrap in 1956.
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
- As built:
- 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
- After 1942 rebuild:
- 2 × 4 in. guns
- 1 × 40 mm Bofors L/60
- anti-aircraft gun
- 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon
- anti-aircraft gun
- 1 × 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 Sleipner (1936) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: The original uploader was Manxruler at English Wikipedia . ( Original text: Unknown ) — http://www.mil.no/sjo/start/fakta/historie/dagfordag/mai/ — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons