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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Löwe (ex-Gyller)		125	Marinens Hovedverft, Horten, Norway	1936	7.8.1938	8.1939 // 4.1940	torpedo recovery vessel 1.1942

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	597
Displacement full, t	708
Length, m	72.0 pp 74.3 oa
Breadth, m	7.75
Draught, m	2.10
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 sets De Laval geared steam turbines, 3 Yarrow boilers
Power, h. p.	12500
Max speed, kts	30
Fuel, t	oil 100
Endurance, nm(kts)	3500(15)
Armament	3 x 1 - 100/37 Bofors M1936, 1 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors M1936, 2 x 2 - 533 TT, 4 DCR, 24 mines
Complement	88

Standard scale images

Project history

Former Norwegian torpedo boat of Ægir class. Gyller was captured at Kristiansand 11.4.1940. In January, 1941 boat was converted to torpedo recovery vessel, artillery and TTs were removed, 1 105mm/45, 1 37mm/83 and 2 20mm/65 guns were installed.

Modernizations 1.

1941: had armament consisted of 1 x 1 - 105/42 SK C/32, 1 x 1 - 37/80 SK C/30, 2 x 1 - 20/65 C/38

Naval service

After war Löwe was returned to Norway under former name.