HNoMS Harald Haarfagre


Plans of the Tordenskjold-class coastal defense ships. Note heavy guns in forward and aft turret, and secondary armament in central battery.
Harald Haarfagre in drydock at Karljohansvern naval base.
History
Norway
NameHarald Haarfagre
NamesakeHarald I of Norway
Ordered1896
Laid down1897
Launched4 January 1897
Commissioned21 March 1898
Capturedby the Germans in 1940
Nazi Germany
NameThetis
Acquired1940
FateHanded back to Norway after VE Day
Norway
NameHarald Haarfagre
Acquired1945
FateScrapped 1948
General characteristics as built
Class and typeTordenskjold-class coastal defence ship
Displacement3,858 long tons (3,920 t)
Length92.66 m (304 ft 0 in)
Beam14.78 m (48 ft 6 in)
Draught5.38 m (17 ft 8 in)
PropulsionCoal-fired boilers, reciprocating steam engines, 4,500 hp (3,356 kW)
Speed16.9 knots (31.3 km/h; 19.4 mph)
Complement245
Armament
  • 2 × 21 cm (8.3 in)/45 guns
  • 6 × 12 cm (4.7 in)/45 guns
  • 6 × 7.6 cm (3 in)/40 guns
  • 6 × 1-pounder Quick Fire guns
  • 2 × 45 cm (18 in) submerged torpedo tubes
Armour
General characteristics after German rebuild
Displacement3,858 long tons (3,920 t)
Length92.66 m (304 ft 0 in)
Beam14.78 m (48 ft 6 in)
Draught5.38 m (17 ft 8 in)
PropulsionCoal-fired reciprocating steam engines, 4,500 hp (3,356 kW)
Speed16.9 knots (31.3 km/h; 19.4 mph)
Complement245
Armament
Armour

HNoMS Harald Haarfagre, known locally as Panserskipet Harald Haarfagre, was a Norwegian coastal defence ship. She, her sister ship Tordenskjold and the slightly newer Eidsvold class were built as part of the general rearmament in the time leading up to the events in 1905. Harald Haarfagre remained an important vessel in the Royal Norwegian Navy until she was considered unfit for war in the mid-1930s.

  1. ^ Abelsen, Frank (1986). Norwegian naval ships 1939-1945 (in Norwegian and English). Oslo: Sem & Stenersen AS. p. 289. ISBN 82-7046-050-8.