HNoMS Glommen (1916-1950)
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| Career |  |
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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | |
| Launched: | 1916 |
| Commissioned: | |
| Fate: | Scuttled in 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 351 tons |
| Dimensions: | 42 m x 8.5 m x 2.3 m |
| Armament: | 2x 76 mm (3 inch) guns 120 mines |
| Propulsion: | 340 hp (Kw), 9.9 knop (km/h, mph) |
| Crew: | 35 or 39 (sources disagree) |
The minelayer HNoMS Glommen was built for the Royal Norwegian Navy during World War I, as the lead ship of the two ship Glommen class of minesweepers. Her sistership was Laugen.
A rather small vessel, she and her sistership were kept in service until the German invasion in 1940. Glommen surrendered to the Germans on 14 April 1940, and was rebuilt as a floating anti-aircraft battery. Scuttled at Kirkenes by the retreating Germans.
Glommen was built at Akers Mekaniske Verksted in Oslo.
She was named after the river Glomma in southern Norway.
[edit] See also
[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 |
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