HNoMS Norge

Norge transporting the coffin of writer Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson in 1910
History
Norway
NameNorge
NamesakeNorway
BuilderArmstrong Whitworth at Newcastle on Tyne
Launched31 March 1900[1]
Commissioned7 February 1901
FateSunk 9 April 1940 in Narvik Harbour, Norway
General characteristics
Class and typeEidsvold-class coastal defence ship
Displacement4,233 tons (standard)
Length94.60 m (310 ft 4 in)
Beam15.70 m (51 ft 6 in)
Draft5.40 m (17 ft 9 in)
Propulsion
  • steam engines with
  • 4,500 hp (3,400 kW)
Speed17.2 knots (31.9 km/h; 19.8 mph)
Complement270 fully crewed, reduced to 229 in 1940, just 191 aboard when sunk[2]
Armament
  • 2 × 21 cm (8.26-inch) guns
  • 6 × 15 cm (5.90-inch) guns
  • 6 × 7.6 cm (3-inch) guns
  • Torpedo tubes
  • Anti-aircraft armament:
  • 2 × 76 mm anti-aircraft guns
  • 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns
  • 2 × 12.7 mm Colt anti-aircraft machine guns
  • 4 × 7.92 mm Colt anti-aircraft machine guns
Notes[3]

HNoMS Norge was a coastal defence ship of the Eidsvold class in the Royal Norwegian Navy. Built by Armstrong Whitworth at Newcastle on Tyne, she was torpedoed and sunk by German destroyers in Narvik harbour on 9 April 1940.

  1. ^ Campbell, "Norway," 370.
  2. ^ DET TYSKE ANGREP I OFOTFJORDEN. P/S "Eidsvold" senkes Archived 4 April 2005 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian), retrieved 8 Dec 2005
  3. ^ HNoMS Norge Krigsseilerregisteret (in Norwegian)