HNoMS Nor (1878-1949)
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| Name: | Nor |
| Builder: | Karljohansverns Verft Naval Yard in Horten |
| Launched: | 23 October 1878 |
| Commissioned: | 1878 |
| Decommissioned: | 1945 |
| Out of service: | 14 April 1940 |
| Fate: | Decommisioned and sold to civilian interests in 1945 |
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| Displacement: | 260 tons |
| Length: | 28 metres (91.86 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 220 hp hp steam engine |
| Speed: | 8.5 knots (15.74 km/h) |
| Complement: | 41 (31 after rebuild) |
| 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 1 x 47 mm (1.85 inch) 2 x 37 mm (1.46 inch) guns 50 mines |
The HNoMS Nor was a Vale class gunboat built for the Royal Norwegian Navy at Horten Naval Yard in 1878. She was one of a class of five gunboats - the other ships in the class was Vale, Brage, Uller and Vidar.
Nor was, in addition to the heavy, muzzleloading main gun, armed with a small 'Quick Fire' gun and an early automatic gun, similar to the Gatling gun.
Later Nor and her sister ships was rebuilt as minelayers, and she served in this role when the Germans invaded in 1940. During the Norwegian campaign she served mainly in Sognefjorden. She was captured by German forces on 14 April 1940, and returned to Norway after the war.
The vessel was built at the Naval Yard at Horten, and had the yard number 57.
After being decommissioned in 1945 the ship was sold to a civilian company in 1949, converted to a salvage ship/tug and renamed Flatholm. [1]
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[edit] Name
The Nor was named after the legendary Norse ancestral hero Nór who according to the Orkneyinga saga and the Hversu Noregr byggðist (both found in the medieval Icelandic Flateyjarbók) founded Norway together with his brother Gor.
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[edit] Footnotes
- ^ 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: KNM Vale, retrieved 27 Feb 2006
- Byggenummer ved Horten verft, retrieved 27 Feb 2006
- Ships of the Norwegian navy, retrieved 27 Feb 2006
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