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 constructed for the Royal Norwegian Navy at Horten Naval Yard in 1874-1876. 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.

Contents 1 The invasion 2 Name 3 See also 4 References

[edit] The invasion

Later Uller and her sisterships were rebuilt as minelayers, and she served in this role when the Germans invaded 9 April 1940. When the Germans attacked, Uller was mining the sea lanes to Bergen, and was taken by surprise by the German forces. Uller was sunk by a Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service Heinkel He 115 on 1 May 1940, while she and fellow captured minelayer Tyr were mining the entrance to the still Norwegian-held Sognefjorden.

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

[edit] Name

She was named after Ullr, a major god in Norse mythology.

[edit] See also

• List of World War II ships of less than 1000 tons

[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