HNoMS Uller (1876-1940)

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The gunship HNoMS Uller.
Career
Ordered:
Laid down:	Horten Naval Yard, 1874
Launched:	21 July 1876
Commissioned:	1876
Fate:	Rebuilt as minelayer, sunk 1 May 1940
General characteristics
Displacement:	260 tons
Dimensions:	28 m long
Armament:	As built: 1 x 21 cm (10.5 inch) RML gun 1 x 1pdr (cm / inch) QF gun 1 x 1pdr (cm / inch) revolving gun After rebuild: 1 x 12 cm (4.72 inch) gun 3 x 37 mm (1.46 inch) guns 250 tons of mines
Propulsion:	220 hp (Kw), 8.5 knop (km/h, mph)
Crew:	41 (31 after rebuild)

The HNoMS Uller was a gunboat built for the Royal Norwegian Navy at Horten Naval Yard in 1874. She was one of a class of five gunboats - the other ships in the class was Vale, Brage, Nor and Vidar.

Uller was, in addition to the heavy, muzzle-loading main gun, armed with a small 'Quick Fire' gun and an early automatic gun, similar to the Gatling gun.

Later Uller and her sisterships were rebuilt as minelayers, and she served in this role when the Germans invaded in 1940. When the Germans attacked, Uller was mining the sealanes to Bergen, and was taken by surprise by the German forces. Later Uller was sunk by a Norwegian Heinkel He 115 on 1 May, while she was mining the entrance to Sognefjorden.

The vessel was built at the Naval Yard at Horten, and had the yard number 55.

[edit] References

• Naval history via Flix: KNM Vale, retrieved 27 Feb 2006
• Byggenummer ved Horten verft, retrieved 27 Feb 2006
• Ships of the Norwegian navy, retrieved 27 Feb 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