HNoMS Uller (1876)

Vale-class gunboat
History
Norway
Name	Uller
Namesake	Norse god Ullr
Builder	Karljohansverns Verft Naval Yard in Horten
Yard number	55[1]
Laid down	1874
Launched	21 July 1876
Commissioned	1876
Captured	by the Germans on 9 April 1940
Service record
Operations:	Opposing the German invasion of Norway
Nazi Germany
Name	Uller
Acquired	9 April 1940
Fate	Bombed and damaged by Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service Heinkel He 115, then scuttled by Tyr
Service record
Operations:	Norwegian Campaign
General characteristics as built
Class and type	Vale-class Rendel gunboat
Displacement	250 tons
Length	27.3 m (89.57 ft)
Beam	7.9 m (25.92 ft)
Draft	2.2 m (7.22 ft)
Propulsion	Two Compound steam engines with 200 hps
Speed	8 knots (14.82 km/h)
Complement	41 men
Armament	1 × 21 cm (10.5 inch) Armstrong RML gun 1 × 1pdr (cm / inch) QF gun 1 × 1pdr (cm / inch) revolving gun
General characteristics after rebuild
Displacement	250 tons
Length	27.3 m (89.57 ft)
Beam	7.9 m (25.92 ft)
Draft	2.2 m (7.22 ft)
Propulsion	Two Compound steam engines with 200 hps
Speed	8 knots (14.82 km/h)
Complement	31 men
Armament	1 × 12 cm (4.72 inch) gun 3 × 37 mm (1.46 inch) guns 50 mines

HNoMS Uller was a Vale-class Rendel gunboat constructed for the Royal Norwegian Navy at Karljohansverns Verft Naval Yard in Horten in 1874-1876 and had yard build number 55.^[1] She was one of a class of five gunboats - the other ships in the class were Vale, Brage, Nor and Vidar.

Uller 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 Uller and her sister ships were rebuilt as minelayers, and she served in this role when the Germans invaded 9 April 1940.