Glommen class minesweeper

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Glommen-class minelayer
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Glommen class minelayer
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 knotskm/h)
Complement: 35 or 39 (sources disagree)
Power: 340 shpKW)
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.

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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