Draug class destroyer
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| Draug-class destroyer | |
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 Plan of Draug. Note placement of QF guns (green) and torpedo tubes (blue).  Torpedojageren Draug at some point before WW2. Note QF guns in blisters along the side to allow forward fire. |
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| Class Overview | |
| Class type: | Destroyer |
| Preceded by: | |
| Succeeded by: | |
| Ships of the line: | Draug, Troll, Garm |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 578 tons |
| Length: | 69.20 m |
| Beam: | 7.30 m |
| Draft: | 2.9 m |
| Speed: | 26.5 knots ( km/h) |
| Complement: | 76 |
| Power: | 8000 shp ( KW) |
| Drive: | Reciprocating steam engines |
| Fuel: | Coal |
| Armament: | 6 x 7.6 cm (3 in) Quick Fire guns 3 x 45 cm (18 in) torpedo tubes |
| Armour | Belt: Bulkheads: Barbettes: Turrets: Decks: Conning tower: |
The Draug class was the first class of destroyers built for the Royal Norwegian Navy. They were fast vessels for their day, reaching speeds up to 26.5 knots. The Draug class vessels carried six Quick Fire guns to combat enemy torpedo boats, as well as three trainable torpedo tubes to attack larger vessels.
Localy they were known as torpedojagere (litt.: torpedo hunters) or simply jagere (litt.: hunters).
[edit] Fate
All three, Draug, Troll and Garm, were kept in service until the second World War. While Draug escaped to Great Britain on 9 April 1940, Troll and Garm were captured by the advancing German forces on 18 May 1940.
Draug served as an escort vessel along the east coast of Britain until scrapped in 1943.
[edit] External links
- A detailed model of T/J Draug, from the Navy Museum (part of the Armed Forces Museum in Norway).
- Detail of a model of T/J Draug, ships boat.
- Detail of a model of T/J Draug, brigde and forward 7.6 cm QF gun.
- Detail of a model of T/J Draug, aft 7.6 cm QF gun.
[edit] References
- Naval History via Flix: KNM Draug, retrieved 29 January 2006
- Ships of the Norwegian navy, retrieved 29 January 2006
- Draug, from the Armed Forces Museum website, retrieved 29 January 2006 (in Norwegian)
| Norwegian destroyers |
| Draug class: Draug, Troll, Garm |
| Sleipner class: Sleipner, Gyller, Æger, Odin, Balder, Tor |
| S class: Svenner, Stord |
| Town class: Lincoln, St Albans, Mansfield, Bath, Newport All Town class vessels was loaned from the Royal Navy |
| C class: Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger |
| Hunt class: Arendal, Haugesund, Tromsø |
Destroyers of the Royal Norwegian Navy |
