All three Trygg class torpedo boats at some point before the Second World War.
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Class overview | |
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Builders | |
Operators | Royal Norwegian Navy |
Preceded by | 2. class torpedo boat |
Succeeded by | No further torpedo boat classes in the Royal Norwegian Navy |
In service | 31 May 1919 – 24 June 1949 |
In commission | 31 May 1919 |
Completed | Trygg, Snøgg and Stegg |
Active | 3 |
Lost | 3 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 256 tons[1] |
Length | 53.00 m (173.88 ft) |
Beam | 5.50 m (18.04 ft) |
Draught | 1.58 m (5.18 ft) |
Propulsion | 3,600 shp oil fuelled steam turbine |
Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h) |
Complement | 33 (? officers and ? ratings) |
Armament |
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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]