Sjøforsvaret: 6 Kustjager: Sleipner, Æger, Gyller, Odin, Tor, Balder 1936-59 The modest Norwegian Navy had a few modern assets in construction or in service in 1940 when Germany launched their invasion, Operation Weserübung. The largest were the Aalesund class destroyer, started in 1940, launched in 1941 under German control but never completed, and the Sleipner … Read more
Sjøforsvaret, Coast Defence Ships (1900): HNoMS Norge, HNoMS Eidsvold The Eidsvold class were two coastal defence ships built for the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1899 by Armstrong Whitworth, launched in 1900 and completed in 1901. HNoMS Eidsvold and HNoMS Norge were referred locally as “panserskip” (“armoured ship”), and in some publications called “coastal batteships”. Coastal … Read more
Coast Defence Ships (panserskipet) – Norwegian Navy 1896-1948 HNoMS Tordenskjold, Harald Haarfagre The Norwegian Capital Ships of two wars Brassey’s engraving, Brassey’s naval annual 1900 HNoMS Tordenskjold and Harald Haarfagre constituted for 50 years the bulk of Norwegian naval defence. They were ordered as part as the general rearmament until the 1905 union separation from … Read more
