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SARPEN guard ship (1861/1940)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Sarpen   45 Karljohansen Verft, Horten, Norway 1860 8.12.1860 1861 // 4.1940 hulk 1941

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

190

Length, m

32.0

Breadth, m

6.50

Draught, m

2.10

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE, 1 boiler

Power, h. p.

100

Max speed, kts

8

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 37/40 Hotchkiss

Complement  

Project history: Ex-Norwegian ancient coastal gunboat of Rendell type, decommissioned by Norwegian navy in 1918 and used from 1918 as diving tender. She was captured by German troops 12.4.1940 at Tunsberg and used in auxiliary roles till 1941.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Hulk was sunk by Allied aircraft 23.2.1945 at Holmen.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

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