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LAUGEN minelayers (1917 / 1941)
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Glommen
Ships
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laugen | NN05 | Akers, Oslo, Norway | 1916 | 1917 // 3.1941 | surrendered 5.1945, to Norway (Laugen) | ||
| Glommen | NKi01 | Akers, Oslo, Norway | 1916 | 1917 // 3.1941 | sunk 17.11.1944 |
Technical data
| Displacement standard, t | 335 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | 380 |
| Length, m | 41.9 wl 43.3 oa |
| Breadth, m | 8.45 |
| Draught, m | 1.89 |
| No of shafts | 1 |
| Machinery | 1 VTE, 1 water-tube boiler |
| Power, h. p. | 170 |
| Max speed, kts | 9.5 |
| Fuel, t | coal 21 |
| Armament | 2 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I/II, 50 mines |
| Complement | 38 |
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Glommen
Project history
Former Norwegian coastal minelayers, captured in Tunsberg 14.4.1940 and commissioned by Kriegsmarine as mine transports under own names (since March, 1941 as minelayers), subsequently converted to patrols.
Modernizations
None.
Naval service
Glommen 26.10.1944 was sunk by British torpedo bomber in Trondheim-fjord. Laugen after war was returned to Norway and BU in 1950.
