.jpg) HNoMY Norge in Oslo in August 2019
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | MY Philante |
| Owner | T O M Sopwith |
| Ordered | 1936 |
| Builder | Camper and Nicholsons, Gosport |
| Yard number | 442 |
| Launched | 11 February 1937 |
| Fate | Sold to the Admiralty, September 1939 |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Philante |
| Acquired | 21 September 1939 |
| Honours and awards | Battle of the Atlantic |
| Fate | Sold 1946 |
 Norway | |
| Name | Norge |
| Namesake | Norway |
| Cost | 1,500,000 NOK (1947) |
| Acquired | July 1947 |
| Commissioned | 17 May 1948 |
| Identification |
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| Status | In active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 1,628 t |
| Length | 80.6 m (264 ft 5 in) |
| Beam | 11.6 m (38 ft 1 in) |
| Draught | 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
| Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km) |
| Complement | 54 (18 officers, 36 privates) during the season; 20 during winter |
| Armament | Small arms |
HNoMY Norge (in Norwegian, KS or K/S Norge)[1] is the Royal Yacht of the king of Norway. One of only three remaining Royal Yachts in Europe,[2] the ship's name Norge is Norwegian Bokmål for Norway. The Royal Yacht Norge was the Norwegian people's gift to King Haakon VII in 1947. The yacht is owned by the King but maintained and crewed by the Royal Norwegian Navy. Originally built in 1937 in the United Kingdom for Thomas Sopwith, she served in the Royal Navy as an armed yacht during the Second World War.
- ^ The prefix HNoMY stands for His/Her Norwegian Majesty's Yacht, whereas the Norwegian prefix KS (or K/S) stands for Kongeskipet (The King's Ship).
- ^ The other remaining Royal Yachts being the Royal House of Denmark's Dannebrog and the Netherlands De Groene Draeck