HNoMS Æger (1894)

For other ships of the same name, see HNoMS Æger.

History
HNoMS Æger. Note how large the 21 cm gun is compared to the overall size of the vessel.

Name:	Æger
Builder:	Karljohansvern Naval Yard, Horten
Launched:	17 May 1894
Commissioned:	1894
Decommissioned:	1932
General characteristics
Type:	Rendel gunboat
Displacement:	413 long tons (420 t) or 420 long tons (427 t) [sources disagree]
Length:	33.22 m (109.0 ft)
Draught:	2.36 m (7 ft 9 in)
Propulsion:	350 hp (260 kW) engine
Speed:	9.8 knots (11.3 mph; 18.1 km/h)
Complement:	43
Armament:	1 × 21 cm (8.3 in) gun 1 × 10-pdr 7.11 cm (2.8 in) QF gun 2 × 4-pdr 5 cm (2.0 in) QF guns
Armour:	Deck: 38 mm (1.5 in)

HNoMS Æger was a Rendel gunboat built for the Royal Norwegian Navy at Horten Naval Yard in 1894, as the last of the 2. class gunboats. Larger than the other, older 2. class gunboats, Æger had a 38 mm (1.5 inch) armoured deck.

She was known as Padda ("The Toad") due to the way she looked, and was kept in the fleet until she was decommissioned in 1932.

Unusual for a vessel of her size (just over 33 meters long), she carried a very large gun comparable to battleship guns of the era.

References

Naval history via Flix: KNM Aegir, retrieved 13 Feb 2006

Norwegian gunboats

"1" class

"2" class

Vale-class Rendel gunboat	Vale Brage Nor Uller Vidar

Gor-class Rendel gunboat	Gor Tyr

Æger-class Rendel gunboat	Æger

Gunboats of the Royal Norwegian Navy

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