HNoMS Frithjof (1895-1928)
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 The gunboat Frithjof in Kiel, 1900 |
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| Career |  |
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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | |
| Launched: | 15 November 1895 |
| Commissioned: | 1895 |
| Fate: | Decommissioned 1928 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1280 or 1360 tons (sources disagree) |
| Dimensions: | 68.17 m x 9.98 m x 4 m |
| Armament: | 2 x 12 cm (4.7 inch) guns 4 x 76 mm (3 inch) QF guns 4 x 1pdr (37 mm / 1.47 inch) automatic gun[1] 1 x 46 cm (18 inch) torpedo tube |
| Propulsion: | 2800 hp reciprocating steam engine, 2 shafts, 15 knots |
| Crew: | 154 |
The HNoMS Frithjof was a 1. class gunboat (built for the Royal Norwegian Navy. Like all other Norwegian gunships of her era, she carried a heavy armament on a diminutive hull.
Frithjof served with the Norwegian Navy as a gunboat and cadet training ship until striken in 1928.
The vessel was built at the Naval Yard at Horten, and had the yard number 76.
[edit] Notes and references
- Naval history via Flix: Frithjof,
- Viking (First Class Gunboat, 1891-1920), retrieved 17 March 2006
- Byggenummer ved Horten verft, retrieved 17 March 2006
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