Nymphe 1944
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Thetis (ex-Harald Haarfagre) | 648 | Armstrong, Elswick, UK | 1896 | 4.1.1897 | 1898 // 1.2.1941 | surrendered 5.1945, to Norway 1946, BU | |
| Nymphe (ex-Tordenskjöld) | 649 | Armstrong, Elswick, UK | 1896 | 18.3.1897 | 1898 // 1.2.1941 | damaged 5.1945, never repaired |
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Displacement standard, t |
3380 |
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Displacement full, t |
3858 |
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Length, m |
85.0 wl 92.7 oa |
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Breadth, m |
14.8 |
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Draught, m |
5.02 normal 5.38 deep load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 VTE, 3 cylindrical boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
4500 |
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Max speed, kts |
14 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 400 |
| Armour, mm | Harvey steel; belt: 203 - 76, bulkheads: 203, deck: 51 - 37 |
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Armament |
6 x 1 - 105/42 SK C/32, 2 x 1 - 40/56 FlaK 28, 2 x 4 - 20/65 C/38, 6 x 1 - 20/65 C/38 |
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Complement |
Project history: Former Norwegian coast defence battleships, 9.4.1940 they were captured by German troops at Horten where they were on conservation. Both were converted to floating AA batteries at Horten. They were used for air defence of anchorages, for example, Thetis protected basing of battleship Tirpitz in Kaa Fjord.
Ship protection: 37mm deck was connected with lower edge of main belt by 51mm slopes. 203mm main belt was closed by 203mm bulkheads abreast barbettes, ship ends were protected by 76mm belt.
Modernizations: 1944, both: + FuMO 212 or FuMO 213 radar
Naval service: Nimphe in May, 1945 was damaged by British aircraft at Svolvaer, run aground and late that year broken up. Thetis was returned to Norway and BU in 1947.
Thetis
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