HNoMS Norge

Norge transporting the coffin of writer Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson in 1910
History
Norway
Name	Norge
Namesake	Norway
Builder	Armstrong Whitworth at Newcastle on Tyne
Launched	31 March 1900[1]
Commissioned	7 February 1901
Fate	Sunk 9 April 1940 in Narvik Harbour, Norway
General characteristics
Class and type	Eidsvold-class coastal defence ship
Displacement	4,233 tons (standard)
Length	94.60 m (310 ft 4 in)
Beam	15.70 m (51 ft 6 in)
Draft	5.40 m (17 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	steam engines with 4,500 hp (3,400 kW)
Speed	17.2 knots (31.9 km/h; 19.8 mph)
Complement	270 fully crewed, reduced to 229 in 1940, just 191 aboard when sunk[2]
Armament	2 × 21 cm (8.26-inch) guns 6 × 15 cm (5.90-inch) guns 6 × 7.6 cm (3-inch) guns Torpedo tubes Anti-aircraft armament: 2 × 76 mm anti-aircraft guns 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns 2 × 12.7 mm Colt anti-aircraft machine guns 4 × 7.92 mm Colt anti-aircraft machine guns
Notes	[3]

HNoMS Norge was a coastal defence ship of the Eidsvold class in the Royal Norwegian Navy. Built by Armstrong Whitworth at Newcastle on Tyne, she was torpedoed and sunk by German destroyers in Narvik harbour on 9 April 1940.