HNoMS Trygg (1919)

Trygg at sea in the prewar years
History
Norway
NameTrygg
Builder
Yard number109[1]
Laid down1917
Launched31 May 1919
FateSunk by German bombers 25 April 1940
Service record
Commanders:
  • Lieutenant Frantz W. Munster
  • (? – 25 April 1940)
Operations: Norwegian Campaign
Victories: 2 ships (1,500 tons) captured
Nazi Germany
NameZick
AcquiredRefloated in 1940
FateSunk by RAF de Havilland Mosquitos near Bergen, Norway 23 October 1944.
Service record
Operations: Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany
General characteristics as built
Class and typeTrygg class
Displacement256 tons[1]
Length53 m (173.88 ft)
Beam5.5 m (18.04 ft)
Draft1.58 m (5.18 ft)
Propulsion3,600 hp steam engine
Speed25 knots (46.30 km/h)
Complement33 men
Armament
General characteristics in German service
Class and typeTrygg class
Displacement256 tons[1]
Length53 m (173.88 ft)
Beam5.5 m (18.04 ft)
Draft1.58 m (5.18 ft)
Propulsion3,600 hp steam engine
Speed25 knots (46.30 km/h)
Complement33 men
Armament

HNoMS Trygg (trygg is Norwegian for safe, secure, dependable) was a torpedo boat of the Royal Norwegian Navy. Her hull was built in Moss and she was finished in Horten, with build number 109.[1] Trygg had two sister ships: HNoMS Snøgg and HNoMS Stegg. Together the three vessels formed the Trygg class of torpedo boats.

  1. ^ a b c d Abelsen 1986: 170
  2. ^ Sivertsen 1999: 110
  3. ^ Emmerich, Michael. "Zick". German Naval History. Retrieved 31 January 2009.