Trygg-class torpedo boat

All three Trygg class torpedo boats at some point before the Second World War.
Class overview
Builders
OperatorsRoyal Norwegian Navy Ensign Royal Norwegian Navy
Preceded by2. class torpedo boat
Succeeded byNo further torpedo boat classes in the Royal Norwegian Navy
In service31 May 1919 – 24 June 1949
In commission31 May 1919
CompletedTrygg, Snøgg and Stegg
Active3
Lost3
General characteristics
Displacement256 tons[1]
Length53.00 m (173.88 ft)
Beam5.50 m (18.04 ft)
Draught1.58 m (5.18 ft)
Propulsion3,600 shp oil fuelled steam turbine
Speed25 knots (46 km/h)
Complement33 (? officers and ? ratings)
Armament

The Trygg class was the third and last class of torpedo boats to be built for the Royal Norwegian Navy. The three Trygg ships were constructed from 1919 to 1921 at Moss Verft in Moss (Trygg) and Horten naval yard (Snøgg and Stegg).

Though much larger and better armed than its predecessors, the cigar-shaped 1. and 2. class torpedo boats, the Trygg class was far from modern when it was called upon during the Norwegian Campaign in 1940.

The class was named after its first ship, the Trygg - "trygg" is Norwegian for rugged, safe, stable, secure, dependable.[2]

  1. ^ Abelsen 1986: 168-170
  2. ^ "Trygg". Webster's Online Dictionary. Retrieved 5 February 2009.