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Ships

Names	Builders	Launched - commissioned	Losses	Transfers	Discarding
(588) NH... (ex-Hval) (589) NK04 Kürassier (ex-Delfin) (79) NH... (ex-Storm) (80) NB19 Tarantel (ex-Brand), 1942 - V5519 Tarantel (83) Admiral Deinhard (ex-Laks) (84) NM16 Balte (ex-Sild) (85) NH03 (ex-Sael) (86) NH01 (ex-Skrei), 1942 - V6501	Schichau, Elbing: ex-Hval, NK04 Kürassier Marinen Hovedverft, Horten, Norway: ex-Storm, NB19 Tarantel, Admiral Deinhard, NM16 Balte, NH03, NH01	1895 - 1896 // ---: ex-Hval 1895 - 1896 // 11.1940: Kürassier 1.6.1898 - 1900 // ---: ex-Storm 22.9.1898 - 1900 // 9.1940: Tarantel 31.10.1901 - 1902 // 1940: NH01 25.9.1901 - 1902 // 1940: NH03 30.7.1900 - 1901 // 8.1940: Balte 12.7.1900 - 1901 // 4.1940: Admiral Deinhard	never commissioned: ex-Hval, ex-Storm (latter ran aground 14.4.1940 before commission)	Norway, 5.1945: ex-Hval, NK04 Kürassier, Tarantel, NH01, Admiral Deinhard	fate of NH03 and Balte is unknown

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	German built: 84 Norwegian built: 80
Displacement full, t	German built: 94 Norwegian built: 107
Length, m	German built: 39.9 Norwegian built: 40.0
Breadth, m	German built: 4.80 Norwegian built: 4.90
Draught, m	German built: 2.15 Norwegian built: 2.10
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 VTE, 2 water-tube boilers
Power, h. p.	German built: 1000 Norwegian built: 650
Max speed, kts	German built: 17 Norwegian built: 17.5
Fuel, t	coal 17
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 37/42 Hotchkiss, 1 DCR (6)
Complement	23 - 32

Standard scale images

Project history

ex-Norwegian torpedo boats. Hval, Delfin, Storm, Brand and Laks were captured 9.4.1940, Skrei sunk 8.5.1940, Sæl 18.4.1940 and Sild 5.5.1940, all three were salvaged by Germans in 1940.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

All except Hval and Storm were returned to Norway in 1945 and immediately broken up.