HNoMS Gor (1884-1945)
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| Name: | Gor |
| Builder: | Karljohansverns Verft Naval Yard in Horten |
| Launched: | 7 May 1884 |
| Commissioned: | 1884 |
| Decommissioned: | 1945 |
| Out of service: | 1940 |
| Fate: | Decommisioned and scrapped in 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 290 tons[1] |
| Length: | 31.27 metres (102.59 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 420 hp steam engine |
| Speed: | 10 knots (18.52 km/h) |
| Complement: | 44 (38 after rebuild) |
| Armament: | As built: 1 x 26cm/30 (10.2 inch) Krupp breachloading gun 1 x 1pdr (37 mm / 1.46 inch) automatic gun[2] 2 x 1pdr (37 mm / 1.46 inch) revolving gun[3] After rebuild: 2 x 76 mm (3 inch) QF gun 2 x 37mm (1.46 inch) guns 55 mines[4] |
The HNoMS Gor was a gunboat built for the Royal Norwegian Navy at Karljohansverns Verft Naval Yard in Horten in 1884. She was one of a class of two gunboats - the other ship in her class being Tyr. The Gor and Tyr can be seen as improved Vale-class gunboats.
The main gun was a staggering 7.8m meter long[5], or about a quarter of the length of the whole vessel. In addition she was armed with three smaller, automatic guns for self defence.
Shortly before World War I, Gor was rebuilt as a minelayer. During this rebuild, the heavy gun and one of the 37 mm guns was replaced with two more potent 76 mm guns. Since the heavy gun and ammunition was removed, Gor could carry 55 mines.
Gor was kept in service until the German invasion in 1940. Until the surrender of Norwegian forces in southern Norway, she mostly operated in the Sognefjord, and she fell into German hands for the remainder of the war.
After World War II, Gor was returned to the Royal Norwegian Navy, and scrapped shortly thereafter.
The vessel was built at Karljohansverns Verft Naval Yard in Horten, and had the yard number 64.
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[edit] Name
Gor was named after the mythical Finnish King Gor who according to the Orkneyinga saga and the Hversu Noregr byggðist (both found in the medieval Icelandic Flateyjarbók) founded Norway together with his brother Nór.
[edit] See also
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Abelsen 1986: p. 144
- ^ Naval History on the 37mm 1pdr gun
- ^ Naval History on the 37mm 1pdr Revolver gun
- ^ Abelsen 1986: p. 144
- ^ Naval History on the GR 10.2in 26cm 30cal Krupp gun
[edit] Literature
- Abelsen, Frank: "Norwegian naval ships 1939-1945", Sem & Stenersen AS, Oslo 1986 ISBN 82-7046-050-8 (English)/(Norwegian)
[edit] External links
- Naval history via Flix: Gor, retrieved 1 Mar 2006
- Byggenummer ved Horten verft, retrieved 1 Mar 2006
- Ships of the Norwegian navy, retrieved 1 Mar 2006
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