Nor was, in addition to the heavy, muzzle-loading main gun, armed with a small 'Quick Fire' gun and a 37mm Hotchkiss Revolving Cannon (broadly similar to the Gatling gun).
Later Nor and her sister ships was rebuilt as mine layers, and she served in this role when the Germans invaded in 1940. During the Norwegian Campaign she served mainly in Sognefjorden. She was captured by German forces on 14 April 1940, and returned to Norway after the war.
The vessel was built at the Naval Yard at Horten, and had yard number 57. After being decommissioned in 1945 the ship was sold to a civilian company in 1949, converted to a salvage ship/tug and renamed Flatholm.[1]
FootnotesEdit
^Abelsen, Frank: Norwegian naval ships 1939-1945, Sem & Stenersen AS, Oslo 1986, ISBN82-7046-050-8(in English and Norwegian)
External linksEdit
Naval history via Flix: KNM Vale, retrieved 27 Feb 2006
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hnoms, 1878, hnoms, vale, class, rendel, gunboat, built, royal, norwegian, navy, horten, naval, yard, 1878, class, five, gunboats, other, ships, class, were, vale, brage, uller, vidar, vale, class, gunboathistorynorwaynamenornamesakenór, mythological, founder,. HNoMS Nor was a Vale class Rendel gunboat built for the Royal Norwegian Navy at Horten Naval Yard in 1878 She was one of a class of five gunboats the other ships in the class were Vale Brage Uller and Vidar Vale class gunboatHistoryNorwayNameNorNamesakeNor mythological co founder of NorwayBuilderKarljohansverns Verft Naval Yard in HortenLaunched23 October 1878Commissioned1878Decommissioned1945Out of service14 April 1940FateDecommissioned and sold to civilian interests in 1945General characteristicsClass and typeVale class Rendel gunboatDisplacement260 tonsLength28 m 91 86 ft Propulsion220 hp steam engineSpeed8 5 knots 15 74 km h Complement41 31 after rebuild ArmamentAs built 1 21 cm 10 5 inch RML gun 1 1pdr cm inch QF gun 1 1pdr cm inch revolving gun After rebuild 1 12 cm 4 72 inch gun 1 47 mm 1 85 inch 2 37 mm 1 46 inch guns 50 minesNor was in addition to the heavy muzzle loading main gun armed with a small Quick Fire gun and a 37mm Hotchkiss Revolving Cannon broadly similar to the Gatling gun Later Nor and her sister ships was rebuilt as mine layers and she served in this role when the Germans invaded in 1940 During the Norwegian Campaign she served mainly in Sognefjorden She was captured by German forces on 14 April 1940 and returned to Norway after the war The vessel was built at the Naval Yard at Horten and had yard number 57 After being decommissioned in 1945 the ship was sold to a civilian company in 1949 converted to a salvage ship tug and renamed Flatholm 1 Footnotes Edit Abelsen Frank Norwegian naval ships 1939 1945 Sem amp Stenersen AS Oslo 1986 ISBN 82 7046 050 8 in English and Norwegian External links EditNaval history via Flix KNM Vale retrieved 27 Feb 2006 nbsp This article about a specific military ship or boat of Norway is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title HNoMS Nor 1878 amp oldid 1095423819, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
