Sjøforsvaret, 3 destroyer (1908-1912): HNoMS Draug, Troll, Garm 1908-1954 The Draug class was the class of modern destroyers built for the Royal Norwegian Navy and since the experimental Valkyrjen commissioned on 17 May 1896. There were three ships: HnOms Draug, Troll and Garm, all built at the Karljohansvern, Orlogsstasjon. These were the also last Norwegian-constructed … Read more
Sjøforsvaret: Protected Cruiser (1st. class Gunboat) 1895-1928 During the Kalmar Union with Sweden until 1905, Norway developed a policy of coastal defence, based initially on gunboats (and later coastal battleships and torpedo boats) of second and first class. The latter were two small protected cruisers launched at Horten, Viking (1891) and Frithof in 1895. Here … Read more
Sjøforsvaret, Semi-protected Cruiser 1890-1920 HNoMS Viking, built in Horten, 1891, was Norwegian’s first protected cruiser after two earlier gunboats, initially armed with 149/40 Krupp Guns. She was modernized in 1904-06 and too, part in neutrality patrol in WWI, stricken in 1920. After that she was converted as an hospital ship in 1924, active until captured … Read more
