HNoMS Stord (G26)
 HNoMS Stord in December 1943 | |
| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Success |
| Builder: | J. Samuel White |
| Laid down: | 25 February 1942 |
| Launched: | 3 March 1943 |
| Fate: | Transferred to Norway |
| Career (Norway) |  |
| Name: | Stord |
| Namesake: | The island of Stord |
| Commissioned: | 26 August 1943 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping 1959 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | S-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,710 long tons (1,737 t) standard 2,400 long tons (2,439 t) full load |
| Length: | 110.5 m (362 ft 6 in) o/a |
| Beam: | 10.9 m (35 ft 9 in) |
| Draught: | 3 m (9 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers Parsons geared turbines, 40,000 hp (29,828 kW) 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 36 knots (66.67 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,680 nmi (8,670 km) at 20 kn (23 mph; 37 km/h) |
| Complement: | 180 men |
| Armament: | • 4 × 4.7 in (120 mm) QF Mk IX guns • 2 × 40 mm Bofors Mk IV anti-aircraft guns • 6 × 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns • 8 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
HNoMS Stord was an S-class destroyer that served with the Royal Norwegian Navy during and after World War II. She was laid down as HMS Success, but transferred to the Norwegians before completion. She was renamed HNoMS Stord when commissioned into the exiled Royal Norwegian Navy on 26 August 1943 under the command of Lt.-Cdr. Skule Storheill.
Service history
Arctic Convoys
Stord served in the Home Fleet in the 23rd Destroyer Flotilla. She played an important role in the sinking of the German battleship Scharnhorst. After the battle, Admiral Fraser sent the following message to the Admiralty: "... Please convey to the C-in-C Norwegian Navy. Stord played a very daring role in the fight and I am very proud of her...".
In an interview in The Evening News on 5 January 1944 the commanding officer of HMS Duke of York said: "... the Norwegian destroyer Stord carried out the most daring attack of the whole action..."
Normandy Landings
In 1944 she also took part in the Normandy landings.
Postwar
Stord was officially purchased from the UK government in 1946 and scrapped in Belgium in 1959.
A model of Stord (approximately 300:1) can be seen in the D-Day museum at Arromanche, Normandy.
See also
Notes
Publications
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
- Raven, Alan; Roberts, John (1978). War Built Destroyers O to Z Classes. London: Bivouac Books. ISBN 0-85680-010-4.
- Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War 2. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-326-1.
- Evig Heder (Eternal Honor) by Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK)
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