HNoMS Æger (1894-1932)

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The gunship HNoMS Æger. Note how large the 21 cm gun is compared to the overall size of the vessel.
Career
Ordered:
Laid down:
Launched:	17 May 1894
Commissioned:	1894
Fate:	Decommissioned 1932
General characteristics
Displacement:	413 or 420 tons (sources disagree)
Dimensions:	33.22 m long, 2.36 m draught
Armament:	1 x 21 cm (8.2 inch) gun 1 x 10pdr (7.11 cm / 2.8 inch) QF gun 2 x 4pdr (5 cm / 1.97 inch) QF guns
Propulsion:	350 hp ( Kw), 9.8 knop ( km/h, mph)
Crew:	43

The HNoMS Æger was a gunboat built for the Royal Norwegian Navy at Horten Naval Yard in 1894, as the last of the 2. class gunboats. Larger than the other, older 2. class gunsboats, Æger had a 38 mm (1.5 inch) armoured deck.

She was known as Padda (the toad) due to the way she looked, and kept in the fleet until she was decommissioned in 1932.

For being such a small vessel, just over 33 meter long, she carried a very large gun, comparable to battleship guns of the era.

[edit] References

• Naval history via Flix: KNM Aegir, retrieved 13 Feb 2006
• Byggenummer ved Horten verft, retrieved 13 Feb 2006
• Sjøforsvaret dag for dag, retrieved 1 March 2006

Norwegian gunships

1. class:

Ellida, Sleipner, Viking and Frithjof

2. class:

Vale class: Vale, Brage, Nor, Uller and Vidar

Gor class: Gor and Tyr

Æger

Gunships of the Royal Norwegian Navy