HNoMS Gor (1884)

History
Norway
Name	Gor
Namesake	Gór – mythological co-founder of Norway
Builder	Karljohansvern Naval Yard in Horten
Launched	7 May 1884
Commissioned	1884
Captured	by the Germans in 1940
Service record
Operations:	Norwegian Campaign
Nazi Germany
Acquired	1940
Fate	Handed back to Norway after VE Day
Service record
Operations:	Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany
Norway
Acquired	1945
Decommissioned	1945
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics as built
Class and type	Gor-class Rendel gunboat
Displacement	290 tons[1]
Length	31.27 m (102.59 ft)
Propulsion	420 hp steam engine
Speed	10 knots (18.52 km/h)
Complement	44
Armament	1 × 26cm/30 (10.2 inch) Krupp breechloading gun 1 × 1pdr (37 mm / 1.46 inch) automatic gun[2] 2 × 1pdr (37 mm / 1.46 inch) revolving gun[3]
General characteristics after rebuild
Displacement	290 tons[1]
Length	31.27 m (102.59 ft)
Propulsion	420 hp steam engine
Speed	10 knots (18.52 km/h)
Complement	38
Armament	2 × 76 mm (3 inch) QF gun 2 × 37mm (1.46 inch) guns 55 mines[1]

The HNoMS Gor was a Gor-class Rendel gunboat built for the Royal Norwegian Navy at Karljohansvern Naval Yard in Horten in 1884. She was one of a class of two gunboats - the other ship in her class being Tyr. The Gor and Tyr can be seen as improved Vale-class gunboats.