Sister ship HNoMS Hitra entering Scalloway harbour, June 2003
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | SC-1061 |
Builder | Harris and Parsons Inc. of East Greenwich, RI |
Laid down | 23 May 1942 |
Launched | 26 September 1942 |
Commissioned | 5 January 1943 |
Fate | Transferred to Royal Norwegian Navy, 12 October 1943 |
History | |
Norway | |
Name | Vigra |
Namesake | Island of Vigra |
Commissioned | 26 October 1943 |
Fate | Sank |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 125 tons |
Length | 110.6 ft (33.71 m) |
Beam | 18.8 ft (5.73 m) |
Draft | 6 ft (1.83 m) |
Propulsion | Two General Motors diesel engines with 1,200 hp, two shafts |
Speed | 20 knots (37.04 km/h) |
Range | 2,500 nautical miles (4,630.00 km) at 10 knots (18.52 km/h) |
Complement | 24 men |
Armament |
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Notes | All the above listed information, unless otherwise noted, was acquired from Abelsen 1986, p. 278 |
The HNoMS Vigra was a Royal Norwegian Navy submarine chaser that saw action during World War II. She was named after the Norwegian island of Vigra.