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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
Brage			MV Horten	1878	1.11.1878	1879	captured by Germany 14.4.1940
Nor			MV Horten	1878	23.10.1878	1879	captured by Germany 14.4.1940

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	264
Displacement full, t	?
Length, m	28.9
Breadth, m	7.90
Draught, m	2.20
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VC, 2 boilers
Power, h. p.	220
Max speed, kts	8.5
Fuel, t	coal 22
Endurance, nm(kts)	700(8)
Armament	Brage: 1 x 1 - 267/14 Armstrong 19.7-ton MLR No.2, 1 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 2 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss Nor: 1 x 1 - 267/14 Armstrong 19.7-ton MLR No.2, 1 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 2 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss, 1 - 356 TT (bow)
Complement	38

Standard scale images

Project history

Coastal gunboats of so-called "Elswick" type.

Modernizations

1913, both were converted to minelayers: - 1 x 1 - 267/14, 1 x 1 - 37/20; + 1 x 1 - 149/45 Armstrong FF, 1 x 1 - 47/46 Hotchkiss, 50 mines; displacement rose to 255/270t

Naval service

Nor and Brage were captured by German troops 14.4.1940 at Tonsberg and served as auxiliaries.