HNoMS Sleipner (1877)

Sleipner after the rebuild in 1900
History
Norway
Name	Sleipner
Namesake	Sleipnir – the eight-legged steed of Odin
Builder	Navy Yard, Karljohansvern
Yard number	56
Laid down	1 January 1877
Launched	7 August 1877
Christened	20 May 1878
Decommissioned	1935
Out of service	1 January 1919
Fate	Scrapped in 1935
General characteristics
Class and type	.1 class gunboat
Displacement	720 long tons (732 t)
Length	53.26 m (174 ft 9 in)
Draught	3.35 m (11 ft 0 in)
Propulsion	650 hp (485 kW) Reciprocating steam engines and sails
Speed	12.7 knots (14.6 mph; 23.5 km/h) under power 13.4 knots (15.4 mph; 24.8 km/h) under power with sails
Complement	90
Armament	1 × 26 cm (10 in)/22 breech-loading gun 1 × 15 cm (5.9 in)/25 breech-loading gun 1 × underwater torpedo tube

HNoMS Sleipner was a 1. class gunboat built for the Royal Norwegian Navy. Like all other Norwegian gunships of her era, she carried a heavy armament on a diminutive hull. The vessel was built at the Naval Yard at Horten, and had yard number 56.