Glommen class minesweeper
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| Glommen-class minelayer | |
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| [[Image:|300px]] Glommen class minelayer |
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| Class Overview | |
| Class type: | Minelayer |
| Preceded by: | |
| Succeeded by: | |
| Ships of the line: | Glommen and Laugen |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 351 tons |
| Length: | 42 m |
| Beam: | 8.5 m |
| Draft: | 2.3 m |
| Speed: | 9.9 knots ( km/h) |
| Complement: | 35 or 39 (sources disagree) |
| Power: | 340 shp ( KW) |
| Drive: | Reciprocating steam engines |
| Fuel: | |
| Armament: | 2 x 76 mm (3 inch) QF guns Mines |
| Armour | Belt: Bulkheads: Barbettes: Turrets: Decks: Conning tower: |
The Glommen-class was a class of two diminutive minelayers built for the Royal Norwegian Navy during World War I at Akers Mekasniske Verksted in Oslo.
[edit] Service history and fate
The two rather small vessels were kept in service until the German invasion in 1940. Glommen and Laugen operated in the area around Melsomvik, and surrendered to the Germans on 14 April 1940. The Germans rebuilt both of them as floating flak batteries, and renamed them Nki-01 and Nki-02. Glommen was scuttled at Kirkenes by the retreating Germans in 1944, while Laugen was returned to the Norwegian Navy in 1945, and decommissioned and sold for NOK 23.100[1] in 1950.
[edit] References
- Naval history via FLIX: KNM Glommen, retrieved 17 March 2006
- Ships of the Norwegian navy, retrieved 17 March 2006
| Norwegian minelayers |
| Glommen class: Glommen, Laugen |
| Frøya |
| Olav Tryggvason |
| Vale (N53) |
| Gor class: Brage, Gor, Uller, Tyr Formerly US Navy Auk class |
Minelayers of the Royal Norwegian Navy |
