Frithjof in Kiel, 1900 |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Frithjof |
| Builder: | Navy Yard, Karljohansvern |
| Yard number: | 76 |
| Launched: | 15 November 1895 |
| Commissioned: | 1895 |
| Decommissioned: | 1928 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | .1 class gunboat |
| Displacement: | 1,280 long tons (1,301 t) or 1,360 long tons (1,382 t) (sources disagree) |
| Length: | 68.17 m (223 ft 8 in) |
| Beam: | 9.98 m (32 ft 9 in) |
| Draught: | 4 m (13 ft 1 in) |
| Propulsion: | Reciprocating steam engine, 2,800 hp (2,088 kW), 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 15 knots (17 mph; 28 km/h) |
| Complement: | 154 |
| Armament: | • 2 × 12 cm (5 in) guns • 4 × 76 mm (3 in) QF guns • 4 × 1-pounder 37 mm (1 in) automatic gun[1] • 1 × 46 cm (18 in) torpedo tube |
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. The vessel was built at the Naval Yard at Horten, and had the yard number 76.
Frithjof served with the Norwegian Navy as a gunboat and cadet training ship until stricken in 1928.
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