HNoMS Tor (1939)
- Displacement
- 735 long tons (747 t)
- Length
- 74.3 m (243.8 ft)
- Beam
- 7.75 m (25.4 ft)
- Speed
- 32 knots (59.3 km/h, 36.8 mph)
- Main gun
- 105 mm (4.1 in)
Service
- as Tor2,193 days of the war
- as Tiger13 June 1940 — in service1,907 days of the war
- as TorMay 1945 — 1959124 days of the war
- Name
- HNoMS Tor
- Pennant / hull number
- 1939
- Namesake
- Thor – god of thunder in Norse mythology
- Builder
- Fredrikstad Mekaniske Verksted in Fredrikstad (hull)
- Laid down
- November 1938
- Launched
- 7 September 1939
- Commissioned
- 13 June 1940
- Decommissioned
- 1959
- Fate
- Sold for scrap
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications — As built
- 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)
HNoMS Tor was a Sleipner-class destroyer in service with the Royal Norwegian Navy. She carried the pennant number 1939. Fredrikstad Mekaniske Verksted in Fredrikstad (hull) laid her keel in November 1938. Launched on 7 September 1939, she entered service on 13 June 1940.
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. Her main battery was of 105 mm (4.1 in) calibre.
She served with the Royal Norwegian Navy as Tor. She then passed to the Kriegsmarine, serving as Tiger from 13 June 1940. She then passed to the Royal Norwegian Navy, serving as Tor from May 1945. She was in commission for 4,224 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned in 1959.
She was broken up for scrap.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
This vessel is recorded in 2 configurations. Wartime refits changed armament and complement substantially, so each is kept separately rather than averaged into one set of figures. The figures above are as built.
As built
- Propulsion
- Two De Laval geared turbines with two shafts and 12,500 hp
- Armament
- Not yet fitted when scuttled
In German service
- Displacement, standard
- 708 long tons (719 t)
- Length
- 74.1 m (243.1 ft)
- Beam
- 7.75 m (25.4 ft)
- Draught
- 2.82 m (9.3 ft)
- Speed
- 30 knots (55.6 km/h, 34.5 mph)
- Main gun
- 105 mm (4.1 in)
- Propulsion
- Two De Laval geared turbines with two shafts and 12,500 hp
- Armament
- 1 × 10.5 cm main gun (since 1941)
- 1 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun
- 2 × 2 cm AA guns (four since 1941)
- 2 × double 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
- 24 mines
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HNoMS Tor (1939) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.