HNoMS Trygg

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Career

Ordered:	?
Laid down:	1917
Launched:	31 may 1919
Commissioned:	?
Fate:	Sunk by British planes outside Bergen, Norway in 1944.
General characteristics
Displacement:	256 tons
Dimensions:	53.00m x 5.50m x 2.00m
Armament:	2 x 76 mm guns, 4 x torpedo tubes. In German service: 1 x 76 mm gun, 2 x 20 mm guns, 2 x machine guns, 2 x torpedo tubes
Propulsion:	25 knots
Crew:	33

HNoMS Trygg (trygg is Norwegian for safe, secure, dependable) was a Royal Norwegian Navy torpedo boat. Her hull was built in Moss and she was finished in Horten. She had two sister ships: HNoMS Snøgg and HNoMS Stegg.

1 The Norwegian campaign
2 German service as the Zick
3 See also
4 Source

[edit] The Norwegian campaign

Trygg was commanded by Frantz W. Munster and made an heroic effort against the invading Germans outside Molde and Åndalsnes in April 1940, surviving numerous air attacks. The ship was finally sunk at Åndalsnes 25 April 1940. As the torpedoboat was anchored up in the harbor the Luftwaffe bombers first attacked and knocked out British AA positions ashore before turning their attention towards the small Norwegian warship. A total of 16 bombs were dropped against Trygg, one hitting the stern of the ship without exploding. The damage the bomb caused on its way through Trygg was however too much for her to stay afloat. The captain beached his ship before the stern went under, the ship settled on her side and sank in shallow waters the next day.